DocumentCode
278188
Title
Personalised ADPCM speech playback devices for the non-vocal and the non-vocal physically handicapped
Author
Reilly, R.B. ; DePaor, A.M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. Dublin, Ireland
fYear
1991
fDate
33315
Firstpage
42430
Lastpage
42432
Abstract
Two personalised instantaneous speech playback devices were designed and developed. Both centred upon the memory efficiency advantages of Adaptive Differential Pulse Coded Modulation (ADPCM). One system is handheld and offers 64 seconds of speech. The second system has a dictionary of 230 four second phrases and is PC based
Keywords
handicapped aids; speech synthesis; ADPCM; Adaptive Differential Pulse Coded Modulation; speech playback devices; vocally handicapped;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Systems and Applications of Man-Machine Interaction Using Speech I/O, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
Filename
181338
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