Acquisition of 500 English Words through a TActile Phonemic Sleeve (TAPS)
Acquisition of 500 English Words through a TActile Phonemic Sleeve (TAPS)
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DOI：
10.1109/toh.2020.2973135
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发表时间：
2020-02
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2.9
通讯作者：
Hong Z. Tan;Charlotte M. Reed;Yang Jiao;Zachary D. Perez;E. Wilson;Jaehong Jung;J. S. Martínez;F. Severgnini
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Hong Z. Tan;Charlotte M. Reed;Yang Jiao;Zachary D. Perez;E. Wilson;Jaehong Jung;J. S. Martínez;F. Severgnini
最近，一种基于音素的触觉语音通信系统被开发出来，其目标是通过皮肤为听力障碍和听觉和视觉通道过载或受损的人传输语音。这种显示器被称为触觉音素套（TAPS），由一个4 × 6的因子阵列组成，佩戴在前臂的背侧和掌侧表面。早期的研究表明，人们能够学习39个英语音素的触觉符号，并在一到四个小时的训练中达到86%的平均音素识别率。目前的研究评估了使用TAPS获取多达500个单词。共有51名参与者在三项研究中接受了训练和测试，这些研究增加了音素数量和词汇量。每个人的成绩各不相同，但结果清楚地表明，在合理的学习时间内，使用TAPS可以传递任何英语单词。未来的工作将包括通过改进音位编码和减少音位间间隔来提高语音传输速率，解决由触觉音位串组成的单词和句子的接收问题，以及评估tap作为重度听力障碍人群语音交流系统的性能。
Recently, a phonemic-based tactile speech communication system was developed with the goal to transmit speech through the skin for people with hearing impairments and those whose auditory and visual channels are overloaded or compromised. The display, called the TActile Phonemic Sleeve (TAPS), consisted of a 4-by-6 tactor array worn on the dorsal and volar surfaces of the forearm. Earlier work showed that people were able to learn the haptic symbols for 39 English phonemes and reach a mean phoneme recognition rate of 86% correct within one to four hours of training. The current research evaluated the acquisition of up to 500 words using TAPS. A total of 51 participants were trained and tested in three studies with increasing number of phonemes and vocabulary sizes. Individual achievements varied, but the results clearly demonstrate the potential of transmitting any English word using TAPS within a reasonable period of learning. Future work will include increasing the speech transmission rate with TAPS by improving the phonemic codes and reducing the inter-phoneme intervals, addressing the reception of words and sentences composed of strings of tactile phonemes, and assessing the performance of TAPS as a speech communication system for people with severe hearing impairments.