TY - GEN
T1 - Articulatory reproduction of voices of hearing-impaired by a talking robot
AU - Sawada, Hideyuki
AU - Kitani, Mitsuki
AU - Hayashi, Yasumori
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - A talking and singing robot which adoptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. The robot consists of motor-controlled vocal organs such as vocal cords, a vocal tract and a nasal cavity to generate a natural voice imitating a human vocalization. The robot is applied to the training system of speech articulation for the hearing-impaired people, because the robot is able to reproduce their vocalization and to teach them how it is improved to generate clear speech. The paper briefly introduces the mechanical construction of the robot and how it autonomously acquires the vocalization skill in the auditory feedback learning by listening to human speech. Then the training system is described, together with the evaluation of the speech training by auditory impaired people.
AB - A talking and singing robot which adoptively learns the vocalization skill by an auditory feedback learning is being developed. The robot consists of motor-controlled vocal organs such as vocal cords, a vocal tract and a nasal cavity to generate a natural voice imitating a human vocalization. The robot is applied to the training system of speech articulation for the hearing-impaired people, because the robot is able to reproduce their vocalization and to teach them how it is improved to generate clear speech. The paper briefly introduces the mechanical construction of the robot and how it autonomously acquires the vocalization skill in the auditory feedback learning by listening to human speech. Then the training system is described, together with the evaluation of the speech training by auditory impaired people.
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U2 - 10.1109/FBIT.2007.40
DO - 10.1109/FBIT.2007.40
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:49349098650
SN - 0769529992
SN - 9780769529998
T3 - Proceedings of the Frontiers in the Convergence of Bioscience and Information Technologies, FBIT 2007
SP - 603
EP - 608
BT - Proceedings of the Frontiers in the Convergence of Bioscience and Information Technologies, FBIT 2007
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - Frontiers in the Convergence of Bioscience and Information Technologies, FBIT 2007
Y2 - 11 October 2007 through 13 October 2007
ER -