Sciweavers

137 search results - page 18 / 28
» On the Use of NonVerbal Speech Sounds in Human Communication
Sort
View
ASSETS
2007
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
SIBYLLE: a system for alternative communication adapting to the context and its user
In this paper, we describe the latest version of SIBYLLE, an AAC system that permits persons suffering from severe physical disabilities to enter text with any computer applicatio...
Tonio Wandmacher, Jean-Yves Antoine, Franck Poirie...
CA
1997
IEEE
13 years 12 months ago
Layered Modular Action Control for Communicative Humanoids
Face-to-face interaction between people is generally effortless and effective. We exchange glances, take turns speaking and make facial and manual gestures to achieve the goals of ...
Kristinn R. Thórisson
ISWC
1998
IEEE
13 years 12 months ago
Speaking and Listening on the Run: Design for Wearable Audio Computing
The use of speech and auditory interaction on wearable computers can provide an awareness of events and personal messages, without requiring one's full attention or disruptin...
Nitin "Nick" Sawhney, Chris Schmandt
VW
2000
Springer
160views Virtual Reality» more  VW 2000»
13 years 11 months ago
Text-to-Audiovisual Speech Synthesizer
This paper describes a text-to-audiovisual speech synthesizer system incorporating the head and eye movements. The face is modeled using a set of images of a human subject. Visemes...
Udit Kumar Goyal, Ashish Kapoor, Prem Kalra
ACL
2006
13 years 9 months ago
Learning to Say It Well: Reranking Realizations by Predicted Synthesis Quality
This paper presents a method for adapting a language generator to the strengths and weaknesses of a synthetic voice, thereby improving the naturalness of synthetic speech in a spo...
Crystal Nakatsu, Michael White