Dysarthric speech database for universal access research

Heejin Kim, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Adrienne Perlman, Jon Gunderson, Thomas Huang, Kenneth Watkin, Simone Frame

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Abstract

This paper describes a database of dysarthric speech produced by 19 speakers with cerebral palsy. Speech materials consist of 765 isolated words per speaker: 300 distinct uncommon words and 3 repetitions of digits, computer commands, radio alphabet and common words. Data is recorded through an 8-microphone array and one digital video camera. Our database provides a fundamental resource for automatic speech recognition development for people with neuromotor disability. Research on articulation errors in dysarthria will benefit clinical treatments and contribute to our knowledge of neuromotor mechanisms in speech production. Data files are available via secure ftp upon request.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1741-1744
Number of pages4
JournalProceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventINTERSPEECH 2008 - 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association - Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Duration: Sep 22 2008Sep 26 2008

Keywords

  • Cerebral palsy
  • Dysarthria
  • Speech recognition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Signal Processing
  • Software
  • Sensory Systems

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