Project Title: Speech Recognition to Assist Disabled

• Abstract: Sign language is often the fastest way for the deaf to communicate with others but is is often the case that not everyone understands sign language or to find someone to act as a sign language interpreter in a classroom or courtroom. SpeechAssist is a gadget that can be used to assist hearing impaired individuals to communicate with others easily. The result is a two-way communication device that allows anyone to sit down with a deaf individual and have a two way conversation in real time. The device can be easily modified to assist normal people to translate between different languages. SpeechAssist can store in its memory not only phrases, but also special messages and announcements. It could be any important message you need to convey repeatedly or broadcast to a wide audience. The user can choose a message and SpeechAssit would pronounce it or display it in a language of your choice.
• Typical Applications:
  1. Travellers
  2. Disabled
• Resources:
  1. SpeechGuard Multilingual Speech-to-Speech Translator
  2. Robo-talk in Japan
  3. Wireless Wonders
  4. i Communicator (Communicate in Sign Language Simply by Speaking)
  5. Article (PDF)
• Faculty advisor(s): Shawki Areibi
• Students:

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Last modified Feb. 2013