SBIR/STTR Research Award
INPUT AND OUTPUT MECHANISMS AND DEVICES.
Award amount
$30,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Trans Tech Alliances Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
DEVELOPMENT OF A SPEECH LEARNING MACHINE FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED. USE OF TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTING THE DEAF TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIBLE LANGUAGE. A VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE WILL BE COUPLED THROUGH COMPUTER TO A COLOR DISPLAY. CLEARLY ENUNCIATED WORDS WILL BE DISPLAYED TOGETHER WITH THE PRINTED WORD, AND IF DESIRED, GRAPHICS DEPICTING MOUTH SHAPE AND TONGUE POSITION, ETC. THE HEARING IMPAIRED WILL THEN TRY TO EMULATE THE PICTURE ON THE SCREEN WITH HIS OWN VOICE, THUS LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK WITHOUT HEARING THE WORDS.
Technology keywords
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