People with speech impairments usually use assistive technology devices to assist them
with communication and daily tasks. These devices can be controlled using different …

This study explores the effectiveness and user experience of different interaction methods
used by individuals with dysarthria when engaging with Smart Virtual Assistants (SVAs). It …

The PaeLife project is a European industry-academia collaboration whose goal is to provide
the elderly with easy access to online services that make their life easier and encourage …

One of the teacher's first goals should be to inspire students to learn. Using project-based
learning (PBL) to involve students in the learning process could be a useful and powerful …

Technologies, such as smart sensors, actuators, and other kinds of devices, are often
installed in our environments (eg, our Homes) and available to integrate our daily lives …

There is a continued increase in the integration of intelligent devices in our homes. Making
these new complex ecosystems accessible poses great challenges, stemming from the very …

Using speech in computer interaction is advantageous in many situation and more natural
for the user. However, development of speech enabled applications presents, in general, a …

It is known that the voice user interface (VUI) is very useful for people with disabilities.
However, previous studies related to VUIs for people with disabilities have usually focused …

Currently available speech recognisers do not usually work well with elderly speech
because the underlying acoustic models have typically been trained using speech collected …

Currently available speech recognisers do not usually work well with elderly speech. This is
because several characteristics of speech (eg fundamental frequency, jitter, shimmer and …