Speech Synthesis: Technology for Disabled People.Edwards ADN ADN Anchorage Daily News (Alaska newspaper) ADN Yemen (international vehicle registration) ADN Ácido Desoxirribonucleico ADN Acide Désoxyribonucléique (French: DNA) . Baltimore, MD 21285-0624, Paul H Brookes Publishing Co Inc, 1991, paperback, 157 pp, illus, $29. The text presents a review of what is currently considered state-of-the-art technology in speech synthesis speech synthesis Generation of speech by artificial means, usually by computer. Production of sound to simulate human speech is referred to as low-level synthesis. High-level synthesis deals with the conversion of written text or symbols into an abstract representation of and focuses on the utility of this technology for two distinct groups of people with disabilities: those who are unable to speak and those who have visual impairments Visual Impairment Definition Total blindness is the inability to tell light from dark, or the total inability to see. Visual impairment or low vision is a severe reduction in vision that cannot be corrected with standard glasses or contact lenses and . The book is organized into two parts. The first portion of the text provides a thorough account of what speech synthesis is and how it works. The author presents an easily understandable explanation of the intricacies of receptive receptive /re·cep·tive/ (re-cep´tiv) capable of receiving or of responding to a stimulus. and expressive speech communication and how human/computer interaction can be achieved. The second portion of the book describes the systems that are currently available to persons with disabilities and the advantages and disadvantages of each system. The text contains topics that would be of interest primarily to speech-language pathologists or to computer scientists. Although interesting and easy to read, I believe that this book would be of limited value to the physical therapist. Physical therapists who are interested in augmentative aug·men·ta·tive adj. 1. Having the ability or tendency to augment. 2. Grammar Indicating an increase in the size, force, or intensity of the meaning of an adjacent word, as up does in eat up. n. synthetic communication devices, however, might use this text as a reference. Barbara H Connolly, EdD, PT Univ of Tennessee, Memphis Memphis, Tenn |
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