ASR TO ENHANCE COMPLIANCE WITH ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS

描述：(改编自申请人的摘要)这一目标 应用程序是交互式的、计算机中介的电话监控 使用自动语音识别(ASR)来改善血液的系统 提高医师素质控制高血压患者的血压 监测和患者对降压药方案的依从性。这个 拟议的系统将整合Soliloquy(TM)、艾默生和斯特恩的演讲 识别软件，与波士顿大学的电话连接计算机 系统TLC。独白是一种与说话者无关、与电话兼容的 能够处理灵活词汇的连续语音识别器 自然语言短语。TLC，一种互动的门诊患者 监控系统，产生合成语音输出并接受按键音 输入。TLC一直局限于数字响应，并分配了 选择是/否，因为使用电话很难拼写单词 小键盘。 第一阶段的目标包括创建一个有限的词汇/短语集，包括 药物副作用；从一名代表那里收集言语数据 人口；整合两个系统以建立可行性；以及生活 与工作人员一起测试。在第二阶段，词汇/短语集将是 扩展后的系统将被移植到“一箱”中进行测试 病人群体。以前没有人创建过这样的系统，自从 没有可用的技术，也没有人做必要的语言 为这一人群做研究。明显的商业应用包括 其他医疗监护环境或电话查询各种 专家系统。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted From The Applicant's Abstract) The goal of this application is an interactive, computer-mediated, telephone monitoring system that uses automatic speech recognition (ASR) to improve blood pressure controlling hypertensive patients by improving physician monitoring and patient compliance with antihypertensive drug regimens. The proposed system will integrate SOLILOQUY (TM), Emerson and Stern's speech recognition software, with Boston University's Telephone-Linked Computer System the TLC. SOLILOQUY is a speaker-independent, telephone-compatible continuous speech recognizer capable of handling flexible vocabularies and natural language phraseology. The TLC, an interactive ambulatory patient monitoring system, produces synthesized speech output and accepts touchtone input. The TLC has been limited to numerical responses and assigned buttons for Yes/No, since it is difficult to spell words using a telephone keypad. Phase I aims include creating a limited vocabulary/phrase set including medication side effects; collecting speech data from a representative population; integrating the two systems to establish feasibility; and live testing with staff. In phase II the vocabulary/phrase sets will be expanded and the system will be ported to "one box" that will be tested one patient population. No one has created such a system before since the technology was not available, and no one has done the necessary linguistic research for this population. Obvious commercial applications include other medical monitoring environments or telephone inquiries to various expert systems.