Design and development of an AAC app based on a speech-to-symbol technology
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Radici, Elena; Bonacina, Stefano; De Leo, Gianluca
- Source
- 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2016 IEEE 38th Annual International Conference of the. :2574-2577 Aug, 2016
- Subject
- Bioengineering
Speech
Speech recognition
Vocabulary
Prototypes
Programming
Navigation
Context
- Language
- ISSN
- 1557-170X
1558-4615
The purpose of this paper is to present the design and the development of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication app that uses a speech to symbol technology to model language, i.e. to recognize the speech and display the text or the graphic content related to it. Our app is intended to be adopted by communication partners who want to engage in interventions focused on improving communication skills. Our app has the goal of translating simple speech sentences in a set of symbols that are understandable by children with complex communication needs. We moderated a focus group among six AAC communication partners. Then, we developed a prototype. We are currently starting testing our app in an AAC Centre in Milan, Italy.