Computer synthesized speech technologies : tools for aiding impairment /

"This book provides practitioners and researchers with information that will allow them to better assist the speech disabled who wish to utilize computer synthesized speech (CSS) technology"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mullennix, John W., Stern, Steven, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hershey, PA : Medical Information Science Reference, [2010]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Overview : important issues for researchers and practitioners using computer synthesized speech as an assistive aid / John W. Mullennix, Steven E. Stern
  • From wood to bits to silicon chips : a history of developments in computer synthesized speech / Debbie Rowe
  • Digital speech technology : an overview / H.S. Venkatagiri
  • Humanizing vox artificialis : the role of speech synthesis in augmentative and alternative communication / D. Jeffery Higginbotham
  • Advances in computer speech synthesis and implications for assistive technology / H. Timothy Bunnell, Christopher A. Pennington
  • Building personalized synthetic voices for individuals with dysarthria using the HTS toolkit / Sarah Creer ... [et al.]
  • Speech technologies for augmented communication / GĂ©rard Bailly ... [et al.]
  • CSS and children : research results and future directions / Kathryn D.R. Drager, Joe Reichle.
  • Systematic review of speech generating devices for aphasia / Rajinder Koul, Diana Petroi, Ralf Schlosser
  • Are speech-generating devices viable AAC options for adults with intellectual disabilities? / Dean Sutherland ... [et al.]
  • Synthetic speech perception in individuals with intellectual and communicative disabilities / Rajinder Koul and James Dembowski
  • The use of synthetic speech in language teaching tools : review and a case study / Oscar Saz ... [et al.]
  • Attitudes toward computer synthesized speech / John W. Mullennix and Steven E. Stern
  • Stereotypes of people with physical disabilities and speech impairments as detected by partially structured attitude measures / Steven E. Stern ... [et al.]
  • A tale of transitions : the challenges of integrating speech synthesis in aided communication / Martine Smith
  • Tossed in the deep end : now what?! / Jeff Chaffee.