Computer Synthesized Speech Technologies: Tools for Aiding Impairment

✍ Scribed by John W. Mullennix, Steven Stern

• Publisher: Medical Information Science Reference
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 342
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Computer Synthesized Speech Technologies: Tools for Aiding Impairment provides information to current and future practitioners that will allow them to better assist speech disabled individuals who wish to utilize CSS technology. Just as important as the practitioner's knowledge of the latest advances in speech technology, so, too, is the practitioner's understanding of how specific client needs affect the use of CSS, how cognitive factors related to comprehension of CSS affect its use, and how social factors related to perceptions of the CSS user affect their interaction with others. This cutting edge book addresses those topics pertinent to understanding the myriad of concerns involved with the implementation of CSS so that CSS technologies may continue to evolve and improve for speech impaired individuals.

✦ Table of Contents

Title
......Page 2
Editorial Advisory Board......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 15
Acknowledgment......Page 22
Overview: Important Issues for Researchers and Practitioners Using Computer Synthesized Speech as an Assistive Aid......Page 24
From Wood to Bitsto Silicon Chips: A History of Developments in Computer Synthesized Speech......Page 32
Digital Speech Technology: An Overview......Page 51
Humanizing Vox Artificialis: The Role of Speech Synthesis in Augmentative and Alternative Communication......Page 73
Advances in Computer Speech Synthesis and Implications for Assistive Technology......Page 94
Building Personalized Synthetic Voices for Individuals with Dysarthria Using the HTS Toolkit......Page 115
Speech Technologies for Augmented Communication......Page 139
CSS and Children: Research Results and Future Directions......Page 153
Systematic Review of Speech Generating Devices for Aphasia......Page 171
Are Speech-Generating Devices Viable AAC Options for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities?......Page 184
Synthetic Speech Perception in Individuals with Intellectual and Communicative Disabilities......Page 200
The Use of Synthetic Speech in Language Learning Tools: Review and a Case Study......Page 211
Attitudes toward Computer Synthesized Speech......Page 228
Stereotypes of People with Physical Disabilities and Speech Impairments as Detected by Partially Structured Attitude Measures......Page 242
A Tale of Transitions: The Challenges of Integrating Speech Synthesis in Aided Communication......Page 257
Tossed in the Deep End:Now What?!......Page 280
Compilation of References......Page 293
About the Contributors......Page 330
Index......Page 338