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Hi All,
Apologies for cross-postings. We have a vacancy at Sheffield from 1st April for a researcher on the DISARMÂ 'silent speech' project in which we collaborate with the University of Hull. Here's a short summary: The DISARM project, a
collaboration between the University of Sheffield and the
University of Hull, Âis
seeking to help people who have lost the ability to speak
following a laryngectomy:Â
surgical removal of all or part of the larynx. The technique,
developed at Hull, involves positioning small magnets
around the lips and tongue and sensing the changes in
magnetic field caused by movement of these magnets as the
subject mouths the words s/he wants to âsayâ. Hence DISARM
stands for âDigital Speech
Recovery from Articulator Movementâ. The Sheffield team
has shown that it is possible to recognise speech from
this sensor data and then use a speech synthesiser to
provide the subject with a voice. This post is concerned
with further developments of this technique, and with
the alternative possibility of using the sensor data to
drive a synthesiser directly, without the intermediate
recognition stage. It will run for around 18 months. Thanks -- ********************************* Professor Phil Green Speech and Hearing Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield Regent Court 211 Portobello St., Sheffield S1 4DP UK phone: (44) 114 22 21828 fax: (44) 114 22 21810 email: p.green@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www: http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/P.Green/ *********************************************** |