Silent speech interfaces

Denby, B.; Schultz, T.; Honda, K.; Hueber, T.; Gilbert, J. M.; Brumberg, J. S.

Abstract

The possibility of speech processing in the absence of an intelligible acoustic signal has given rise to the idea of a 'silent speech' interface, to be used as an aid for the speech-handicapped, or as part of a communications system operating in silence-required or high-background-noise environments. The article first outlines the emergence of the silent speech interface from the fields of speech production, automatic speech processing, speech pathology research, and telecommunications privacy issues, and then follows with a presentation of demonstrator systems based on seven different types of technologies. A concluding section underlining some of the common challenges faced by silent speech interface researchers, and ideas for possible future directions, is also provided. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Citation

Denby, B., Schultz, T., Honda, K., Hueber, T., Gilbert, J. M., & Brumberg, J. S. (2010). Silent speech interfaces. Speech communication, 52(4), 270-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2009.08.002

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 20, 2009
• Online Publication Date: Aug 27, 2009
• Publication Date: 2010-04
• Deposit Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Journal: Speech Communication
• Print ISSN: 0167-6393
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 270-287
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2009.08.002
• Keywords: Silent speech; Speech pathologies; Cellular telephones; Speech recognition; Speech synthesis
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/460614
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167639309001307?via%3Dihub
• Contract Date: Nov 13, 2014