Computer synthesized speech technologies tools for aiding impairment /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Mullennix, John W., Stern, Steven, 1966-
• Format: Electronic
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.
• Subjects: Voice output communication aids.; Speech Disorders > rehabilitation.; Communication Aids for Disabled.; Self-Help Devices.; Computer synthesized speech; Digital speech technology; Assistive technology; Augmentative and alternative communication; Speech-generating devices; Dysarthria; Hidden Markov modeling; Text-to-speech devices; Aided language development; Vox Artificialis
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 319 p. : ill.) digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781615207268 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

This book provides information to current and future practitioners that will allow them to better assist speech disabled individuals who wish to utilize CSS technology. Just as important as the practitioner's knowledge of the latest advances in speech technology, so, too, is the practitioner's understanding of how specific client needs affect the use of CSS, how cognitive factors related to comprehension of CSS affect its use, and how social factors related to perceptions of the CSS user affect their interaction with others. This book addresses those topics pertinent to understanding the myriad of concerns involved with the implementation of CSS so that CSS technologies may continue to evolve and improve for speech impaired individuals--Provided by publisher.