Difficulties in automatic speech recognition of dysarthric speakers and implications for speech-based applications used by the elderly: A literature review

Assistive Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-112

  Young, Victoria ^a   Mihailidis, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

automatic speech recognition; dysarthria; older adult; personal emergency response; speech to text

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNIZERS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DYSARTHRIA; DYSARTHRIC SPEECH; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LITTLE RESEARCH; NEUROMOTOR; OLDER ADULTS; PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS; SPEECH DISORDERS; TELEPHONY SERVICES;

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; SPEECH;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

AGED; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; DYSARTHRIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGED; DYSARTHRIA; HUMANS; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE;

EID: 77957285291     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2010.483646     Document Type: Article

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