Telephone access for deaf people

A D N Edwards

Telephone access for deaf people

Computer Science

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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
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)
City	York
Period	13/04/05 → 15/04/05

Keywords

accessibility
deafness
telephone use

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