Short Description

Currently available speech technology based systems built to support children with speech pathologies only work well if the child’s speech shows the characteristics of one clearly defined speech pathology, and if the child speaks the standard variety of a well-resourced language. In practice, however, many children have mixed-forms of speech pathologies of different degrees and they speak in their regional dialect. We are currently in the progress of developing an ASR system optimized for one specific child, who has a mixed form of dysarthria and other speech pathologies, and who speaks a southern Austrian dialect. The child further has limited fine motor skills, leading to slow and unprecise handwriting. The aim of this master project is to develop a software that runs on the tablett of the child, which does not only support to save and edit automatically transcribed speech input, but also can be used by teachers to provide homework sheets for math and other subjects, which the child can then fill out via speech input. On the long term, the tool would allow the child to participate a high school education, and to participate every-day communication.

Teams of 2 students are welcome!

Your Tasks:

• Literature research on educational tools
• Design of the software
• Iterative test stages with the child
• Analysis and reporting your results

Your Profile

• Interest in educational tools and inclusive technologies
• good knowledge of programming and software development

Contact:

Barbara Schuppler (b.schuppler@tugraz.at)