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7403897 Voice output device, information input device, file selection device, telephone set, and program and recording medium of the same  
A device, computer program and method for outputting linguistic information. The voice output device, for example, includes an output information acquisition unit acquiring linguistic information...
7403895 Control system outputting received speech with display of a predetermined effect or image corresponding to its ambient noise power spectrum  
A control system receiving an input signal, comprising speech with ambient noise, determines the ambient noise power spectrum, retrieves control information corresponding to the closest-matching...
7400748 Method for assisting visually impaired users of a scanning device  
A method for assisting a visually impaired person with a document job. The method includes scanning a document that includes at least one sheet, detecting at least one characteristic of the scanned...
7398213 Method and system for diagnosing pathological phenomenon using a voice signal  
The present invention relates to a method and system for diagnosing pathological phenomenon using a voice signal. In one embodiment, the existence of at least one pathological phenomena is...
7376563 System for rehabilitation of a hearing disorder  
A system for rehabilitation of a hearing disorder which comprises at least one acoustic sensor for picking up an acoustic signal and converting it into an electrical audio signal, an electronic...
7367807 Method for improving word processing skills using visual flash stimuli  
A computer system provides a series of visual flash stimuli to a user and then requires that the user process the visual stimuli to produce a verbalization that corresponds to the visual stimuli...
7363398 Intelligent total access system  
A system for interfacing a user with an electronic device. An accessor device provides a user interface matched to the needs, abilities and intentions of the user and translates the user input...
7356473 Management and assistance system for the deaf  
A computer-aided communication and assistance system that uses a signal processing and other algorithms in a processor in wireless communication with a microphone system to aid a deaf person. An...
7336944 Method and apparatus for legal intercept monitoring of a cellular telephone modem (CTM) device  
A method and apparatus for legal intercept monitoring of a cellular telephone modem (CTM) device. More particularly, a system incorporating a CTM-to-TTY/TDD converter and a Call Content Delivery...
7308405 BIOS which translates pre-boot display information into serial data for providing synthesized speech output by detected speech synthesizer  
A system that includes a speech synthesizer and a computer system that includes a basic input output system (BIOS). The BIOS is configured to cause the computer system to translate pre-boot display...
7292985 Device and method for reducing stuttering  
The present invention is directed to a wearable stutter reducing device incorporating novel methods that make extensive use of digital signal processing (DSP) technology. The wearable stutter...
7277858 Client/server rendering of network transcoded sign language content  
A method and system is provided for communicating a interpreted sign-language communication in a communication system having a plurality of nodes including at least a source node, a destination...
7275035 System and method for speech generation from brain activity  
In a method of assisting a subject to generate speech, at least one first neural impulse is sensed from a first preselected location in the subject's brain. A first preselected sound is associated...
7251605 Speech to touch translator assembly and method  
A speech to touch translator assembly and method for converting spoken words directed to an operator into tactile sensations caused by combinations of pressure point exertions on the body of the...
7249025 Portable device for enhanced security and accessibility  
A portable device increases user access to equipment utilizing a communications interface providing communication with the equipment in accordance with various, combinable embodiments. In one...
7206416 Speech-based optimization of digital hearing devices  
A method of tuning a digital hearing device can include playing portions of test audio, wherein each portion of test audio represents one or more distinctive features of speech. The method also can...
7203649 Aphasia therapy system  
A computer-operated speech therapy system is provided that includes speech input, speech recognition and natural language understanding, and audio and visual outputs to enable an aphasic patient to...
7200560 Portable reading device with display capability  
A hand held device that captures information with the capability to read only the captured information, display only the captured information, or simultaneously read and display the captured...
7199725 Radio frequency identification aiding the visually impaired with synchronous sound skins  
Methods, systems, and products for radio frequency identification aiding the visually impaired, storing a recording of a sound, including timing information for synchronous playback, representing...
7194411 Method of displaying web pages to enable user access to text information that the user has difficulty reading  
Web pages and other text documents displayed on a computer are reformatted to allow a a user who has difficulty reading to navigate between and among such documents and to have such documents, or...
7194148 Technique for providing simulated vision  
A visual simulation technique is provided to facilitate visual activities, such as reading and movement of a subject through surroundings, for sight-impaired persons. The technique obtains digital...
7171364 Voice assistant apparatus inputting a key  
In a key-input voice assistant apparatus of the present invention, a mode switching key is used to switch the operation mode between a normal mode in which a function assigned to a key is executed...
7133696 Changing the operational mode of a wireless communication device using a voice service option  
Changing a mode of operation of a destination communication device by establishing a voice service option communication channel over a network between an initiating device and a destination device....
7107219 Communication apparatus  
A terminal is designed so that a user who employs numerical keys, allocated for the entry of dots, can enter Braille dot combinations that are used for the input of characters. The input characters...
7103551 Computer network including a computer system transmitting screen image information and corresponding speech information to another computer system  
A described computer network includes a first computer system and a second computer system. The first computer system transmits screen image information and corresponding speech information to the...
7076429 Method and apparatus for presenting images representative of an utterance with corresponding decoded speech  
Apparatus for presenting images representative of one or more words in an utterance with corresponding decoded speech includes, in one aspect, a visual detector for capturing images of body...
7069218 System and method for detection and analysis of audio recordings  
A system and method for detection and analysis of audio recording is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an audio recording, calculating complexity values of audio recording received,...
7050978 System and method of providing evaluation feedback to a speaker while giving a real-time oral presentation  
A system for and method of providing feedback information relating to characteristics of the oral presentation to a speaker while giving a real-time oral presentation by analyzing representations...
7035804 Systems and methods for automated audio transcription, translation, and transfer  
The present invention relates to systems and methods for audio processing. For example, the present invention provides systems and methods for creating standardized text for streaming text...
7031922 Methods and devices for enhancing fluency in persons who stutter employing visual speech gestures  
Methods, devices, and computer program products display visual choral speech to a patient who stutters or has a speech impediment or impairment as a visual stimulus for the patient to enhance the...
7027986 Method and device for providing speech-to-text encoding and telephony service  
A method and an apparatus for providing automated speech-to-text encoding and decoding for hearing-impaired persons. A broadband subscriber terminal interfaces to: (a) a network to convey speech...
7020840 Relating to Braille equipment  
A apparatus and method are provided which assist the use of electronic documents in both a word processor ( 17 ) and Braille environment ( 16 ). The apparatus and methods facilitate conversion of...
6975994 Device for providing speech driven control of a media presentation  
A speech-driven control device for a media system includes a housing; a controller; a first communication port to enable communication of instructions between a data processing system and the...
6975991 Wearable display system with indicators of speakers  
Methods and systems for creating a comfortable, user-friendly environment that allows a hearing impaired user to identify who is speaking and preferably what is being said during interactions with...
6975984 Electrolaryngeal speech enhancement for telephony  
A technique for separating an acoustic signal into a voiced (V) component corresponding to an electrolaryngeal source and an unvoiced (U) component corresponding to a turbulence source. The...
6961458 Method and apparatus for presenting 3-dimensional objects to visually impaired users  
A method and apparatus for examining a three dimensional image in a data processing system. An object is presented, wherein the object includes a set of views for different angles of view for the...
6944474 Sound enhancement for mobile phones and other products producing personalized audio for users  
A mobile phone or other personal communication device includes resources applying measures of an individual's hearing profile, personal choice profile, and induced hearing loss profile, separately...
6910013 Method for identifying a momentary acoustic scene, application of said method, and a hearing device  
The invention relates first of all to a method for identifying a transient acoustic scene, said method including the extraction, during an extraction phase, of characteristic features from an...
6889337 Method and system for screen reader regression testing  
A method for repeatable application testing on a computer system for audible output generated by the application in conjunction with a screen reader or similar assistive technology. The method...
6889192 Generating visual feedback signals for eye-tracking controlled speech processing  
A system and a method for operating and monitoring, in particular, an automation system and/or a production machine or machine tool. The visual field ( 9 ) of a user ( 1 ) directed onto at least...
6882707 Method and apparatus for training a call assistant for relay re-voicing  
A training method and apparatus to train a call assistant to operate a telephone relay system for the hearing impaired that uses a re-voicing technique to produce near real-time transcription of a...
6850882 System for measuring velar function during speech  
A method of and device for the diagnosis and treatment of speech dynamically measures the functioning of the velum in the control of nasality during speech. Various components of oral and nasal...
6836668 Portable communication apparatus with voice/character conversion direction switch  
A portable communication apparatus allowing increased flexibility and convenience is disclosed. A switch is provided to select one of a voice-character conversion communication mode and a...
6829746 Electronic document delivery system employing distributed document object model (DOM) based transcoding  
Several different embodiments of an electronic document delivery system are described including a client machine (e.g., a palmtop/handheld computer or wireless communication device) coupled to a...
6823312 Personalized system for providing improved understandability of received speech  
The present invention provides a method and system for providing improved understandability of received speech characterized in that it includes input interface adapted to capture received speech...
6795807 Method and means for creating prosody in speech regeneration for laryngectomees  
A device and a method to be used by laryngeally impaired people to improve the naturalness of their speech. An artificial sound creating mechanism which forms a simulated glottal pulse in the vocal...
6791433 Signal processing by means of resonators  
Scheme for processing an input signal A(t) by N resonators ( 17 ), each having parameters characterizing it, to generate N individual output signals. Then each of the N individual output signals is...
6771982 Single action audio prompt interface utlizing binary state time domain multiple selection protocol  
An interface protocol for the functional manipulation of complex devices such as personal telecommunication devices without the necessity of the visual feedback via textual or graphic data, wherein...
6769767 Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing a transceiver forming ad hoc networks with other devices  
A wireless ad hoc pico network is formed by eyewear and other devices such as a computer, a bracelet and a telephone having similar transceivers mounted on them. Master slave relationships are...
6763089 System for enabling TDD communication in a telephone network and method for using same  
A system and method for enabling telephone network subscribers using a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) to communicate with other network subscribers lacking such a device. The TDD user...
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