Blue Voice - a specialized speech-aid system for hardly speaking people

• Autorzy: Dąbrowski A. , Kardyś P. , Wysokiński D. , Kwapisz P. , Dąbrowski M. , Koziorowski P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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This article presents a specialized speech-aid system meant for people with impairment of speech organs, who are either mute or whose speech is hardly intelligible due to surgical operations involving partial or full laryngectomy. Our experimental, prototype system, called "Blue Voice", enables these people to communicate with the society again, thus is bringing them back to the normal life and activity. Blue Voice is named after the Bluetooth wireless telecommunication standard, which is used for communication of the Blue Voice components. Our system is a modern electronic (digital) alternative to various classical and rather cumbersome mechanic-pneumatic devices, which are still commonly used for improvement of intelligibility of esophageal talkers.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

speech-aid; speech synthesis; pseudo-whisper; laryngectomy

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Poznańskiej
• Czasopismo: Foundations of Control and Management Sciences
• Rocznik: 2004
• Tom: No. 1
• Strony: 21--33
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 20 poz.

Twórcy

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Dąbrowski A.

• Poznan University of Technology, Institute of Control and System Engineering, Division of Signal Processing and Electronic Systems, 60-965 Poznan, Poland

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Kardyś P.

• Poznan University of Technology, Institute of Control and System Engineering, Division of Signal Processing and Electronic Systems, 60-965 Poznan, Poland

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Wysokiński D.

• Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 60-965 Poznan, Poland

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Kwapisz P.

• Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 60-965 Poznan, Poland

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Dąbrowski M.

• Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 60-965 Poznan, Poland

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Koziorowski P.

• Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 60-965 Poznan, Poland

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