• DocumentCode
    3166928
  • Title

    A proposed control scheme for a vocal prosthesis

  • Author

    Day, Susan H. ; Morse, M. Steven ; Day, Robert A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Auburn Univ., AL, USA
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    1-4 Apr 1990
  • Firstpage
    511
  • Abstract
    The authors report on research into the recognition of speech utilizing the myoelectric signals exhibited by the muscles that shape the vocal tract. Myoelectric signals from four muscle sites were digitized along with the acoustic waveform. Energy, average magnitude, and standard deviation of the biopotentials served as inputs to a maximum likelihood classifier. Recognition is close to three times a priori for a ten-word set, with a 70-80% chance of recognition within the first five choices of the maximum likelihood algorithm
  • Keywords
    biocontrol; bioelectric potentials; muscle; prosthetics; speech recognition; acoustic waveform; biopotentials; control scheme; maximum likelihood classifier; muscles; myoelectric signals; speech recognition; vocal prosthesis; vocal tract; Acoustic waves; Handicapped aids; Larynx; Muscles; Pattern recognition; Prosthetics; Shape control; Speech recognition; Stomach; Surgery;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Southeastcon '90. Proceedings., IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    New Orleans, LA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SECON.1990.117867
  • Filename
    117867