An integrated toolkit deploying speech technology for computer based speech training with application to dysarthric speakers

EUROSPEECH 2003 - 8th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2213-2216

  Hatzis, Athanassios ^a   Green, Phil ^a   Carmichael, James ^a   Cunningham, Stuart ^b   Palmer, Rebecca ^a   Parker, Mark ^a   O'Neill, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BARNSLEY DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO SYSTEMS; E-LEARNING; SPEECH; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

AUDIO-VISUAL STIMULUS; CUSTOMISED TOOLS; EXTENDED FIELDS; INTEGRATED TOOLKIT; ON THE FLIES; SPEECH TECHNOLOGY; SPEECH TRAINING;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 29544452317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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