A user-centric design of permanent magnetic articulography based assistive speech technology

BIOSIGNALS 2015 - 8th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Systems and Signal Processing, Proceedings; Part of 8th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 109-116

  Cheah, Lam A ^a   Bai, Jie ^a   Gonzalez, Jose A ^b   Ell, Stephen R ^c   Gilbert, James M ^a   Moore, Roger K ^b   Green, Phil D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive Speech Technology; Permanent Magnetic Articulography; Silent Speech Interface; User centric Design

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMIMETICS; MAGNETISM; PERMANENT MAGNETS; USER CENTERED DESIGN;

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIRABLE FEATURES; MINIATURISATION; PERMANENT MAGNETICS; SILENT SPEECH INTERFACES; SPEECH TECHNOLOGY; USER-CENTRIC DESIGNS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84938864664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5220/0005354601090116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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