A virtual therapist for speech and language therapy

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 8637 LNAI, Issue , 2014, Pages 438-448

  Van Vuuren, Sarel ^a,b   Cherney, Leora R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aphasia treatment; speech and language therapy; speech animation; tele care; tele rehabilitation; Virtual agents; virtual therapists

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL AGENTS;

APHASIA TREATMENT; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY; SPEECH ANIMATION; TELE-CARE; TELEREHABILITATION; VIRTUAL AGENT; VIRTUAL THERAPISTS;

SPEECH;

EID: 84906519013     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09767-1_55     Document Type: Conference Paper

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