WRITING SOFTWARE FOR THE DEAF

这项研究的目标是产生一个低成本的文字处理程序 具有拼写和语法检查功能， 协助听障学生学习正确的英文书写。 该软件是一个修改写这种方式，实时自然 语言分析技术，以前已经生产的艾默生和 胸骨切开术组 第二阶段的具体目标包括：（1）将软件移植到低端 麦金塔电脑，这是必要的，以加强第一阶段的拼写和 程序的语法分析功能;（2）制作材料， 帮助聋人教育工作者有效地使用程序;（3）添加语义 分析和有限的短语翻译能力的软件， 针对聋生写作分析中存在的问题， （4）进行时间序列设计控制; 研究，以确定软件的有效性及其各种 功能. 这项工作的技术创新集中在增加 语义和形态分析能力， 短语翻译（手语/英语）功能。 任何自然语言解析 具有如此复杂功能的工具有可能立即 自动机器翻译，自然语言数据库 查询系统和电子传输信息的分类。

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.