A voice-detecting sensor and a scanning keyboard emulator to support word writing by two boys with extensive motor disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-209

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   Singh, Nirbhay N ^b   O'Reilly, Mark F ^c   Sigafoos, Jeff ^d   Green, Vanessa ^d   Chiapparino, Claudia ^a   Stasolla, Fabrizio ^a   Oliva, Doretta ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e LEGA F D ORO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor disabilities; Scanning keyboard emulator; Voice detecting sensor; Writing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSOR; STUDENT; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; WRITING;

DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY; WORD PROCESSING;

EID: 57249089394     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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