WRITING SOFTWARE FOR THE DEAF

这项研究的目标是制作一个低成本的文字处理程序 具有拼写和语法检查功能，这些功能是为 帮助聋人和听障学生学习写正确的英语。 该软件是对这种编写方式的修改，实时自然 语言解析技术，此前已由Emerson& 斯特恩。 第二阶段的具体目标包括：(1)将软件移植到低端 Macintosh计算机，这是提高第一阶段拼写和 程序的句法分析功能；(2)制作素材 帮助聋人教育者有效地使用该程序；(3)增加语义 软件的分析和短语翻译功能有限，以 解决聋生作文分析中存在的问题及对策 在有用的帮助下；以及(4)进行受控的时间序列设计 研究以确定软件及其各种功能的有效性 功能。 这项工作的技术创新集中在增加了 语义和形态分析能力及其实现 短语翻译(手语/英语)功能。任何自然语言分析 具有如此复杂功能的工具有可能立即 在自动机器翻译、自然语言库中的应用 查询系统，以及对电子传输的报文进行分类。

The goal of this research is to produce a low-cost, word processing program with spelling- and grammar-checking capabilities that are tailored to assist Deaf and hearing impaired students learn to write correct English. The software is a modification of WRITE THIS WAY, real-time natural language parsing technology that has previously been produced by Emerson & Stern. Specific aims for Phase II include: (1) porting the software to a low-end Macintosh computer, which is necessary to enhance the Phase I spelling and syntactical analysis functions of the program; (2) producing materials to help educators of the Deaf use the program effectively; (3) adding semantic analysis and limited phrase translation capabilities to the software to address problems in analyzing deaf students' writing and providing them with useful assistance; and (4) conduct a time-series design controlled study to determine the effectiveness of the software and its various features. The technological innovations in this effort center on the addition of semantic and morphological analysis capabilities and the implementation of a phrase translation (Sign/English) feature. Any natural language parsing tool with such sophisticated features has the potential for immediate application in automatic machine translation, natural language database inquiry systems, and the sorting of electronically transmitted messages.