TY - JOUR
T1 - A rapid multi-lingual communicator for non-speaking people and others
AU - Alm, Norman
AU - Iwabuchi, Mamoru
AU - Arnott, John L.
AU - Andreasen, Peter N.
AU - Nakamura, Kenryu
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
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.
KW - Augmentative and alternative communication
KW - Computer mediated interaction
KW - Multi-lingual
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U2 - 10.1109/ICSMC.2001.969818
DO - 10.1109/ICSMC.2001.969818
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035724063
VL - 1
SP - 238
EP - 243
JO - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
JF - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
SN - 0884-3627
ER -