Writing with voice: An investigation of the use of a voice recognition system as a writing aid for a man with aphasia

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-148

  Bruce, Carolyn ^a   Edmundson, Anne ^a   Coleman, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults with acquired writing difficulties; Voice recognition systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; MICROPHONE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORD RECOGNITION; WRITING;

APHASIA; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WRITING;

EID: 0037383784     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1368282021000048258     Document Type: Article

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