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Papadopoulos, Konstantinos; Koutsoklenis, Athanasios; Katemidou, Evangelia; Okalidou, Areti – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2009
This study investigated the intelligibility and comprehensibility of natural speech in comparison to synthetic speech. The results demonstrate the type of errors; the relationship between intelligibility and comprehensibility; and the correlation between intelligibility and comprehensibility and key factors, such as the frequency of use of…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Visual Impairments, Audio Equipment, Listening Comprehension
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Hodge, Suzanne – Disability & Society, 2007
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) holds the potential to enable people with severe oral communication impairments to participate more fully in society. However, despite the development of increasingly sophisticated communication aids, as well as recent UK policy initiatives aimed at improving access to them, some major obstacles…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Assistive Technology, Social Services