Speech to Touch Translator Assembly and Method

Abstract

A speech to touch translator assembly and method for converting spoken words directed to an operator into tactile sensations caused by combinations of pressure point exertions on the body of the operator, each combination of pressure points exerted signifying a phoneme of one of the spoken words, permitting comprehension of spoken words by persons that are deaf and blind.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 2002
Accession Number
ADD020049

Entities

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Acoustic Signals
  • Actuators
  • Alphabets
  • Analyzers
  • Assembly
  • Attorneys
  • Correlators
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Language
  • Phonemes
  • Sensation
  • Sound Analyzers
  • Translators
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.