A rapid multi-lingual communicator for non-speaking people and others

TY - GEN

T1 - A rapid multi-lingual communicator for non-speaking people and others

AU - Alm, N.

AU - Iwabuchi, M.

AU - Arnott, J.L.

AU - Andreasen, P.N.

AU - Nakamura, Kenryu

N1 - Copyright 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. All rights reserved.

PY - 2001

Y1 - 2001

N2 - Computer-based systems that are developed to assist people with severe disabilities can often have interesting wider applications. A computer-based communication system has been developed to give non-speaking people a multi-lingual capability. It is based on developments in this field in conversational modelling and utterance prediction, making use of pre-stored material. The system could also be used by people whose only communication disadvantage is not being able to speak a foreign language. The system consists of a large store of re-usable conversational material duplicated in several languages and a model of conversation which allows the system to link the items together into appropriate sequences. A unique feature of the system is that both the non-speaking person and the communication partner use the communicator in their dialogue. In comparison with a multi-lingual phrase book, the system helped users to have more natural conversation, and to take more control of the interaction.

AB - Computer-based systems that are developed to assist people with severe disabilities can often have interesting wider applications. A computer-based communication system has been developed to give non-speaking people a multi-lingual capability. It is based on developments in this field in conversational modelling and utterance prediction, making use of pre-stored material. The system could also be used by people whose only communication disadvantage is not being able to speak a foreign language. The system consists of a large store of re-usable conversational material duplicated in several languages and a model of conversation which allows the system to link the items together into appropriate sequences. A unique feature of the system is that both the non-speaking person and the communication partner use the communicator in their dialogue. In comparison with a multi-lingual phrase book, the system helped users to have more natural conversation, and to take more control of the interaction.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0035724063

U2 - 10.1109/ICSMC.2001.969818

DO - 10.1109/ICSMC.2001.969818

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:0035724063

SN - 0780370872

VL - 1

SP - 238

EP - 243

BT - 2001 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

PB - IEEE

T2 - 2001 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Y2 - 7 October 2001 through 10 October 2001

ER -