AlterEgo as a speech interface for ALS patients
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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| author | Wu, Matthew(Matthew T.) |
| author2 | Pattie Maes. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1230092019-11-22T03:24:45Z AlterEgo as a speech interface for ALS patients Alter Ego as a speech interface for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients Wu, Matthew(Matthew T.) Pattie Maes. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2019 Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-52). AlterEgo is a wearable, silent-speech device that is able to detect what word a user is attempting to say without discernible movement of the face or mouth. At it's current stage, the device can handle a vocabulary of about 10 words and this is enough to create usable applications for patients with speech impediments or speech loss. After thoroughly testing across a series of conditions with multiple patients per condition, we have found ALS to be the best suited condition for our system and a quick & urgent communication device to be its best application for this population. We present AlterEgo as a real-time, speech assistive technology and have made modifications so that ALS patients can effectively and independently use the device. by Matthew Wu. M. Eng. M.Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2019-11-22T00:01:56Z 2019-11-22T00:01:56Z 2019 2019 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123009 1127567528 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 52 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Wu, Matthew(Matthew T.) AlterEgo as a speech interface for ALS patients |
| title | AlterEgo as a speech interface for ALS patients |
| title_full | AlterEgo as a speech interface for ALS patients |
| title_fullStr | AlterEgo as a speech interface for ALS patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | AlterEgo as a speech interface for ALS patients |
| title_short | AlterEgo as a speech interface for ALS patients |
| title_sort | alterego as a speech interface for als patients |
| topic | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123009 |
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