Natural language processing in assistive technologies

Authors

  • Inge Gavat Department of Applied Electronics and Information Engineering, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
  • Andreea Griparis Department of Applied Electronics and Information Engineering, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
  • Svetlana Segarceanu Beia Research, Romania

Keywords:

assistive devices, natural language processing, speech recognition, speech synthesis, intelligent modules

Abstract

Natural language processing expanded in the last 30 years, arising to cover a wide range of applications in various domains, among them assistive technologies, helping people with disabilities due to accidents, aging, or genetic heritance, to enhance their social integration and their daily life. The growing need in assistive techniques has led to the involvement in the usual devices of intelligent modules to improve and facilitate their use, natural language processing attaining nowadays a high applicability in this domain. The paper discusses first basic methodologies involved in natural language processing like speech recognition, speech synthesis and text processing. Some possible applications are then presented with accent on experimental realization of intelligent modules for assistive devices in the laboratory of our university.

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Published

2023-12-15

Issue

Vol. 68 No. 2-3 (2023): The Romanian Journal of Technical Sciences. Applied Mechanics

Section

Articles

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