2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Developing the program for supporting communication of kids with special needs by emotional voice synthesizers
| Project/Area Number |
21390590
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Lifelong developmental nursing
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAWAKAMI Hiroshi 京都大学, 情報学研究科, 准教授 (90214600)
SHIOSE Takayuki 京都大学, 総合博物館, 准教授 (90332759)
KIYOKAWA Kanako 京都大学, 医学研究科, 助教 (70432317)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 重度障害児 / 感情音声合成 / コミュニケーション / 子育て支援 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project aims to establish the efficient framework for supporting nurture of kids with special needs toward acquiring communication skills. The key feature of this project is an action research based on the cooperation between two research groups. This project resulted in the following outcomes :(1) The communication devices, which are voice output communication aids(VOCA), were developed in several ways.(2) Making out the guide book for supporting"communication nurturing"and(3) setting up the web page for promoting communication nurturing revealed that integration of empirical knowledge of families and supporters of kids with special needs and the third knowledge, i. e., expert knowledge of informatics and occupational therapy, yields new knowledge that enhances nurture aids.
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