sPeAK-MAN: Towards popular gameplay for speech therapy

Tan, CT; Johnston, A; Ballard, K; Ferguson, S; Perera-Schulz, D

sPeAK-MAN: Towards popular gameplay for speech therapy

Tan, CT Johnston, A

Ballard, K Ferguson, S

Perera-Schulz, D

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2013
Issue Date:: 2013-10-30

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dc.contributor.author	Tan, CT	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Johnston, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-7507	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ballard, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ferguson, S https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1853-3000	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Perera-Schulz, D	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-10-30	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2013	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781450322546	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27198
dc.description.abstract	Current speech therapy treatments are not easily accessible to the general public due to cost and demand. Therapy sessions are also laborious and maintaining motivation of patients is hard. We propose using popular games and speech recognition technology for speech therapy in an individualised and accessible manner. sPeAK-MAN is a Pac-Man-like game with a core gameplay mechanic that incorporates vocalisation of words generated from a pool commonly used in clinical speech therapy sessions. Other than improving engagement, sPeAK-MAN aims to provide real-time feedback on the vocalisation performance of patients. It also serves as an initial prototype to demonstrate the possibilities of using familiar popular gameplay (instead of building one from scratch) for rehabilitation purposes. Copyright © 2013 ACM.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/2513002.2513022	en_US
dc.title	sPeAK-MAN: Towards popular gameplay for speech therapy	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences	en_US
dc.location.activity	Melbourne, VIC, Australia	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Software
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

Current speech therapy treatments are not easily accessible to the general public due to cost and demand. Therapy sessions are also laborious and maintaining motivation of patients is hard. We propose using popular games and speech recognition technology for speech therapy in an individualised and accessible manner. sPeAK-MAN is a Pac-Man-like game with a core gameplay mechanic that incorporates vocalisation of words generated from a pool commonly used in clinical speech therapy sessions. Other than improving engagement, sPeAK-MAN aims to provide real-time feedback on the vocalisation performance of patients. It also serves as an initial prototype to demonstrate the possibilities of using familiar popular gameplay (instead of building one from scratch) for rehabilitation purposes. Copyright © 2013 ACM.

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