Presentation 1997/10/29
Sound-based Assistive Applications and Quality Assessment for the Disabled
Nobuhiko Kitawaki, Yutak Kaneda,
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Abstract(in English) People of advanced age are increasing in Japan. Increase in the aged causes a increase of the disabled. This paper describes sound-based assistive application systems for the disabled developed by NTT. The applications are a stereo headphone system for the aural disabled, an automatic reading system for the visual disabled, and a personal computer system for the disabled. Acoustics, speech coding, speech recognition and speech synthesis techniques were applied to the assistive application systems for the disabled.
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Keyword(in English) welfare / headphone system for the aural disabled / automatic reading system for the visual disabled / personal computer system for the disabled / speech processing / acoustics
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Title (in English) Sound-based Assistive Applications and Quality Assessment for the Disabled
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Keyword(1) welfare
Keyword(2) headphone system for the aural disabled
Keyword(3) automatic reading system for the visual disabled
Keyword(4) personal computer system for the disabled
Keyword(5) speech processing
Keyword(6) acoustics
1st Author's Name Nobuhiko Kitawaki
1st Author's Affiliation University of Tsukuba()
2nd Author's Name Yutak Kaneda
2nd Author's Affiliation NTT Human Interface Labs.
Date 1997/10/29
Paper # CQ97-44
Volume (vol) vol.97
Number (no) 350
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 8
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