Speech-based human and service robot interaction: An application for Mexican dysarthric people

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Morales, Santiago Omar Caballero ^a   Enríquez, Gladys Bonilla ^a   Romero, Felipe Trujillo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE LA MIXTECA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Dysarthria; Mexican Spanish; Service robot control; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR; LANGUAGE MODEL; MEXICAN SPANISH; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE; ON-LINE CONTROLS; RECOGNITION ACCURACY; RECOGNITION PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; ROBUST RECOGNITION; SERVICE ROBOTS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; SPONTANEOUS SPEECH; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; MOBILE ROBOTS; SPEECH;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 84872956871     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/54001     Document Type: Article

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