RehaLingo – Towards a Speech Training System for Aphasia

Authors: Hans-Günter Hirsch, Christian Neumann, Yannic Tiggelkamp, Riccardo Fiorista, Stefan Knecht, Alfons Schnitzler, Katja Biermann-Ruben, Dietmar Bothe, Günter Bleimann, Hendrike Frieg

Abstract:

Ideas are presented to develop and design a speech therapy system for people that suffer from aphasia, e.g., after a stroke. We investigate the parallel arrangement of several speech recognition systems to analyze and recognize aphasia speech. Some details of the recognition systems are presented. Furthermore, the design of the user interface is an important aspect. As part of this ongoing project, we want to evaluate the usability of a therapist-like dialogue behavior and the application of a gamification approach.