AIMC Topic: Communication Devices for People with Disabilities

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An SSVEP-Based Brain-Computer Interface for Text Spelling With Adaptive Queries That Maximize Information Gain Rates.

IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
This paper presents a brain-computer interface for text entry using steady-state visually evoked potentials (SSVEP). Like other SSVEP-based spellers, ours identifies the desired input character by posing questions (or queries) to users through a visu...

Moving Away From Error-Related Potentials to Achieve Spelling Correction in P300 Spellers.

IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
P300 spellers can provide a means of communication for individuals with severe neuromuscular limitations. However, its use as an effective communication tool is reliant on high P300 classification accuracies ( > 70%) to account for error revisions. E...

Embracing change in AAC technology: the keyboard to my success.

Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)
My name is Tim Jin, and I use an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device by typing with my toes. My communication journey has spanned almost four decades. Communication was the key to my success, just as important as a good education....

Modeling engagement in long-term, in-home socially assistive robot interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders.

Science robotics
Socially assistive robotics (SAR) has great potential to provide accessible, affordable, and personalized therapeutic interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, human-robot interaction (HRI) methods are still limited in...

Joint Dictionary Learning-Based Non-Negative Matrix Factorization for Voice Conversion to Improve Speech Intelligibility After Oral Surgery.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
This paper focuses on machine learning based voice conversion (VC) techniques for improving the speech intelligibility of surgical patients who have had parts of their articulators removed. Because of the removal of parts of the articulator, a patie...

Communication Robots for Elderly People and Their Families to Support Their Daily Lives - Case Study of Two Families Living with the Communicaton Robot.

Studies in health technology and informatics
The aim of this project is to analyze how two families (one is living with a senior with physical disabilities and the other is living with seniors) feel about using the human-type communication robot "Palro" and what they demand for the improvement ...

Assistive Technology as an artificial intelligence opportunity: Case study of letter-based, head movement driven communication.

Studies in health technology and informatics
We studied an artificial intelligent assisted interaction between a computer and a human with severe speech and physical impairments (SSPI). In order to speed up AAC, we extended a former study of typing performance optimization using a framework tha...