This paper investigates the potential of a silent speech interface (SSI) based on Permanent Magnetic Articulography (PMA) to be used in applications involving unconstrained, phonetically rich speech. In previous work the SSI was evaluated on isolatedword and connected-digits recognition tasks with promising results. Furthermore, it was shown that PMA data is enough to distinguish between minima...

The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine place-manner-voicing features and neuromuscular substrates of articulation and swallowing in a group of nursing home residents having concurrent dysarthria and dysphagia. Similar muscle groups function in speech articulation and swallowing, accounting for the high coincidence of dysarthria and dysphagia in neurological impairment. Subjects we...

This talk is devoted to a rather ‘conceptual’ discussion of some notions that bear directly on the relationship between phonology and morphosyntax. First I will discuss some of the original formulations of the principle of Dual Articulation (Dual Patterning) as found in the work of Martinet, Meillet and Hockett, and then we’ll see how dual articulation is now often understood. Initially, there ...

Deep meaningful learning is the higher-order thinking and development through manifold active intellectual engagement aiming at meaning construction pattern recognition concept association. It includes inquiry, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, metacognitive skills. a theory with long academic record that can accommodate demand for excellence in teaching all levels of education. Its ...

the present article aims to address the basic principles of interpretation in the music of the classical era by drawing upon issues of aesthetics and performance practice in the works of w.a. mozart. a comparative review of the classic treatises, as well as a thorough survey of the writings of contemporary authors on performance practice, and personal experience as a flautist, has guided the au...

The present study examines cross-linguistic articulation rates in read speech among 28 native speakers (14 English and 14 Japanese) and 14 Japanese-English near-balanced bilinguals. The results show that: (1) articulation rates are comparable between the native speakers and the bilinguals; (2) there was a significant difference of articulation rates in Japanese and English among the bilinguals;...

The AGATE project proposed the SEPIA system that allows an assistance designer to define assistance systems added in target applications. In Interactive Learning Environments, such assistance systems are useful to promote the acquisition of knowledge. These assistance systems consist of a set of aLDEAS rules. Our study of assistance in existing applications shows that the articulation between t...

The papers presents an integrated approach to articulate software process plans that fail. The approach, called articulation, repairs a plan when a diagnosed failure occurs and reschedules changes that ensure the plan's continuation. In implementing articulation, we combine diagnosis, replanning, and rescheduling into a powerful mechanism supporting process-based software development. Use of ar...