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Computer synthesized speech technologies [electronic resource] : tools for aiding impairment / [edited by] John Mullennix, Steven Stern.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.Description: electronic texts (xxii, 319 p. : ill.) : digital filesISBN:
  • 9781615207268 (ebook)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 681/.761 22
LOC classification:
  • HV1569.5 .C676 2010e
NLM classification:
  • WL 340.2
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print.
Contents:
1. Overview / John Mullennix, Steven Stern -- 2. From wood to bits to silicon chips / Debbie Rowe -- 3. Digital speech technology / H. Venkatagiri -- 4. Humanizing Vox Artificialis / D. Higginbotham -- 5. Advances in computer speech synthesis and implications for assistive technology / H. Bunnell, Christopher Pennington -- 6. Building personalized synthetic voices for individuals with dysarthria using the HTS toolkit / Sarah Creer, Phil Green, Stuart Cunningham, Junichi Yamagishi -- 7. Speech technologies for augmented communication / G�erard Bailly, Pierre Badin, Denis Beautemps, Fr�ed�eric Elisei -- 8. CSS and children / Kathryn Drager, Joe Reichle -- 9. Systematic review of speech generating devices for aphasia / Rajinder Koul, Diana Petroi, Ralf Schlosser -- 10. Are speech-generating devices viable AAC options for adults with intellectual disabilities? / Dean Sutherland, Jeff Sigafoos, Ralf Schlosser, Mark O'Reilly, Giulio Lancioni -- 11. Synthetic speech perception in individuals with intellectual and communicative disabilities / Rajinder Koul, James Dembowski -- 12. The use of synthetic speech in language learning tools / Oscar Saz, Eduardo Lleida -- 13. Attitudes toward computer synthesized speech / John Mullennix, Steven Stern -- 14. Stereotypes of people with physical disabilities and speech impairments as detected by partially structured attitude measures / Steven Stern, John Mullennix, Ashley Fortier, Elizabeth Steinhauser --
15. A tale of transitions / Martine Smith, Janice Murray, Tetzchner von, Pearl Langan -- 16. Tossed in the deep end / Jeff Chaffee.
Abstract: This book 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 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--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Overview / John Mullennix, Steven Stern -- 2. From wood to bits to silicon chips / Debbie Rowe -- 3. Digital speech technology / H. Venkatagiri -- 4. Humanizing Vox Artificialis / D. Higginbotham -- 5. Advances in computer speech synthesis and implications for assistive technology / H. Bunnell, Christopher Pennington -- 6. Building personalized synthetic voices for individuals with dysarthria using the HTS toolkit / Sarah Creer, Phil Green, Stuart Cunningham, Junichi Yamagishi -- 7. Speech technologies for augmented communication / G�erard Bailly, Pierre Badin, Denis Beautemps, Fr�ed�eric Elisei -- 8. CSS and children / Kathryn Drager, Joe Reichle -- 9. Systematic review of speech generating devices for aphasia / Rajinder Koul, Diana Petroi, Ralf Schlosser -- 10. Are speech-generating devices viable AAC options for adults with intellectual disabilities? / Dean Sutherland, Jeff Sigafoos, Ralf Schlosser, Mark O'Reilly, Giulio Lancioni -- 11. Synthetic speech perception in individuals with intellectual and communicative disabilities / Rajinder Koul, James Dembowski -- 12. The use of synthetic speech in language learning tools / Oscar Saz, Eduardo Lleida -- 13. Attitudes toward computer synthesized speech / John Mullennix, Steven Stern -- 14. Stereotypes of people with physical disabilities and speech impairments as detected by partially structured attitude measures / Steven Stern, John Mullennix, Ashley Fortier, Elizabeth Steinhauser --

15. A tale of transitions / Martine Smith, Janice Murray, Tetzchner von, Pearl Langan -- 16. Tossed in the deep end / Jeff Chaffee.

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This book 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 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--Provided by publisher.

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