Abstract
The telephone is the most important piece of personal communication technology in the home. It is a technology that is accessible to nearly all people - except those with hearing impairments. Speech recognition and synthesis technology might be used to make telephone communication between a deaf and a hearing person possible. The necessary speakerindependent speech recognition technology is not currently available, but this paper reports a study in which such technology was simulated in order to test the feasibility of such communication. The results demonstrate that such a system would be highly desirable, but it will not be feasible until speech recognition rates are greatly improved.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Home-Oriented Informatics and Telematics, Proceedings |
Editors | A Sloane |
Place of Publication | NEW YORK |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 235-243 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Print) | 0-387-25178-2 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Event | Conference on Home-Oriented Informatics and Telematics (HOIT 2005) - York Duration: 13 Apr 2005 → 15 Apr 2005 |
Conference
Conference | Conference on Home-Oriented Informatics and Telematics (HOIT 2005) |
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City | York |
Period | 13/04/05 → 15/04/05 |
Keywords
- accessibility
- deafness
- telephone use