TY - GEN
T1 - Unvoiced speech recognition using EMG - Mime Speech Recognition
AU - Manabe, Hiroyuki
AU - Hiraiwa, Akira
AU - Sugimura, Toshiaki
PY - 2003/12/1
Y1 - 2003/12/1
N2 - We propose unvoiced speech recognition, "Mime Speech Recognition". It recognizes speech by observing the muscles associated with speech. It is not based on voice signals but electromyography (EMG). It will realize unvoiced communication, which is a new communication style. Because voice signals are not used, it can be applied in noisy environments; it also supports people without vocal-cords and aphasics. In preliminary experiments, we try to recognize the 5 Japanese vowels. EMG signals from the 3 muscles that contribute greatly to the utterance of Japanese vowels are input to a neural network. The recognition accuracy is over 90% for the three subjects tested.
AB - We propose unvoiced speech recognition, "Mime Speech Recognition". It recognizes speech by observing the muscles associated with speech. It is not based on voice signals but electromyography (EMG). It will realize unvoiced communication, which is a new communication style. Because voice signals are not used, it can be applied in noisy environments; it also supports people without vocal-cords and aphasics. In preliminary experiments, we try to recognize the 5 Japanese vowels. EMG signals from the 3 muscles that contribute greatly to the utterance of Japanese vowels are input to a neural network. The recognition accuracy is over 90% for the three subjects tested.
KW - EMG
KW - Neural network
KW - Speech recognition
KW - Vowel
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U2 - 10.1145/765891.765996
DO - 10.1145/765891.765996
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869004619
SN - 1581136374
SN - 9781581136371
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 794
EP - 795
BT - CHI'03 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA'03
T2 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2003
Y2 - 5 April 2003 through 10 April 2003
ER -