Healthline: Speech-based access to health information by low-literate users

2007 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sherwani, J ^a   Ali, N ^b   Mirza, S ^c   Fatma, A ^d   Memon, Y ^e   Karim, M ^e   Tongia, R ^f,g   Rosenfeld, R ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Development Society   (Pakistan)

^d Monitoring and Evaluation   (Pakistan)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Center for Study of Science   (India)

Author keywords

Community health; Developing regions; Dialog systems; Health information; Pakistan; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH; DEVELOPING REGIONS; DIALOG SYSTEMS; HEALTH INFORMATION; PAKISTAN;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PLANNING; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

HEALTH;

EID: 67649526753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2007.4937399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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