SpeechKit: a multimedia speech tool

SpeechKit is a multimedia system for use by speech therapists to assist in the rehabilitation of motor impaired patients. These are often stroke victims who have to relearn the ability to communicate effectively. The process is laborious and usually conducted in a one-to-one situation where interact...

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Main Author: Calder, David
Other Authors: G. Kotsis
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2008
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Online Access:http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1497308.1497432
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29774
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description SpeechKit is a multimedia system for use by speech therapists to assist in the rehabilitation of motor impaired patients. These are often stroke victims who have to relearn the ability to communicate effectively. The process is laborious and usually conducted in a one-to-one situation where interaction between therapist and client depends on visual and audio cues. Instead of the usual paper-based prompts used by the therapist, this multimedia solution offers screen prompts together with high quality digitised speech. The result is a reduced work load for the therapist. The system has undergone beta tests in Western Australia. The well established and robust Asymetrix Toolbook was used for development of the speech therapy tool, the current version in mid 2008 being version 9.1.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-297742022-12-07T06:50:48Z SpeechKit: a multimedia speech tool Calder, David G. Kotsis D. Taniar E. Pardede I. Khalil Multimedia speech therapy cardiovascular accident computer-based therapy speech impaired SpeechKit is a multimedia system for use by speech therapists to assist in the rehabilitation of motor impaired patients. These are often stroke victims who have to relearn the ability to communicate effectively. The process is laborious and usually conducted in a one-to-one situation where interaction between therapist and client depends on visual and audio cues. Instead of the usual paper-based prompts used by the therapist, this multimedia solution offers screen prompts together with high quality digitised speech. The result is a reduced work load for the therapist. The system has undergone beta tests in Western Australia. The well established and robust Asymetrix Toolbook was used for development of the speech therapy tool, the current version in mid 2008 being version 9.1. 2008 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29774 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1497308.1497432 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) fulltext
spellingShingle Multimedia
speech therapy
cardiovascular accident
computer-based therapy
speech impaired
Calder, David
SpeechKit: a multimedia speech tool
title SpeechKit: a multimedia speech tool
title_full SpeechKit: a multimedia speech tool
title_fullStr SpeechKit: a multimedia speech tool
title_full_unstemmed SpeechKit: a multimedia speech tool
title_short SpeechKit: a multimedia speech tool
title_sort speechkit: a multimedia speech tool
topic Multimedia
speech therapy
cardiovascular accident
computer-based therapy
speech impaired
url http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1497308.1497432
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29774