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RE41002 |
Telephone for the deaf and method of using same
An electronic communications system for the deaf includes a video apparatus for observing and digitizing the facial, body and hand and finger signing motions of a deaf person, an electronic...
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7613613 |
Method and system for converting text to lip-synchronized speech in real time
A method and system for presenting lip-synchronized speech corresponding to the text received in real time is provided. A lip synchronization system provides an image of a character that is to be...
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7565295 |
Method and apparatus for translating hand gestures
A sign language recognition apparatus and method is provided for translating hand gestures into speech or written text. The apparatus includes a number of sensors on the hand, arm and shoulder to...
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7555521 |
System and method for accepting text calls on voice telephones at call centers or other locations
The present invention informs a recipient of a holding non-voice call and allows the recipient to participate in real time text communication. A voice/text server is capable of communicating with a...
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7519537 |
Method and apparatus for a verbo-manual gesture interface
An interface system including a manipulandum adapted to be moveable according to a manual gesture imparted by the user; a sensor adapted to detect a characteristic of the manual gesture imparted to...
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7509255 |
Apparatuses for adaptively controlling processing of speech signal and adaptively communicating speech in accordance with conditions of transmitting apparatus side and radio wave and methods thereof
An apparatus for processing a speech signal includes a receiver, a speech signal decoder, a speech rate conversion information detector, and a speech rate converting processor. The receiver...
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7483834 |
Method and apparatus for audio navigation of an information appliance
The invention includes an apparatus and method of providing information using an information appliance coupled to a network. The method includes storing text files in a database at a remote...
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7480865 |
Auxiliary operation interface of digital recording and reproducing apparatus
An auxiliary operation interface of a digital recording/reproducing apparatus includes a targeting item, a switching button set and an audio prompt generator. The targeting item is optionally...
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7480616 |
Information recognition device and information recognition method
Information relating to an amount of muscle activity is extracted from a myo-electrical signal by activity amount information extraction means, and information recognition is performed by activity...
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7446669 |
Devices for use by deaf and/or blind people
A device for use by a deafblind person is disclosed. The device comprises a first key for manually inputting a series of words in the form of a code, a second key for manually inputting an action...
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7433818 |
Subscriber terminal for providing speech-text encoding and telephony service
A subscriber terminal is provided for speech-to-text translation. Speech packets are received at a broadband telephony interface and stored in a buffer. The speech packets are processed and textual...
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7421392 |
Diagnosis device and diagnosis method
The present invention provides a diagnostic device that presents, to a patient, a Noise-Vocoded Speech Sound signal that is obtained by dividing at least one portion of a sound signal into a single...
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7418385 |
Voice detection device
This voice detection device is composed of a myoelectric signal acquisition part for acquiring, from a plurality of regions, myoelectric signals generated at the time of a vocalization operation, a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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