Facilitating use of speech recognition software for people with disabilities: A comparison of three treatments

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-226

  Hird, Kathryn ^a   Hennessey, Neville ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH THERAPY; WORD RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DISABLED PERSON; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOFTWARE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH THERAPY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34247899230     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200601100249     Document Type: Article

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