SpeechWare: a prosthesis for speech and motor impairment

Author

Chute, Douglas L. ; Quillen, Scott

Author_Institution

Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1-5 Feb 1992

Firstpage

124

Lastpage

126

Abstract

SpeechWare 2.0 is a customizable speech prosthesis for people with communications as well as motor disabilities. It runs on an Apple Macintosh computer and provides user empowerment over synthesized and digitized speech, telephone and print communications, and household environmental control. The advantage of a ProsthesisWare approach is that it permits customization for each person´s cognitive and physical capabilities and does not depend on neurological plasticity. The disadvantage is that ProsthesisWare requires new technical, programming, and support infrastructures to be established in the rehabilitation industry

Keywords

Apple computers; handicapped aids; prosthetics; software packages; speech recognition; speech synthesis; Apple Macintosh computer; ProsthesisWare; SpeechWare 2.0; cognitive capabilities; communications disabilities; customizable speech prosthesis; customization; digitized speech; household environmental control; motor disabilities; physical capabilities; print communications; synthesized speech; telephone communications; user empowerment; Communication system control; Computer science education; Management training; Microcomputers; Natural languages; Packaging; Power system reliability; Prosthetics; Speech synthesis; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing Applications to Assist Persons with Disabilities, 1992., Proceedings of the Johns Hopkins National Search for

Conference_Location

Laurel, MD

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2730-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAAPWD.1992.217426

Filename

217426