1. A Collaborative Talking Assistive Technology for People with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Wajih Abdallah, Frédéric Vella, Thierry Val, Nadine Vigouroux, Adrien van den Bossche, Réseaux, Mobiles, Embarqués, Sans fil, Satellites (IRIT-RMESS), Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse (IRIT), Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Etude de L’Interaction Personne SystèmE (IRIT-ELIPSE), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT2J (FRANCE), and Université Toulouse 1 Capitole - UT1 (FRANCE)
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InformationSystems_INFORMATIONINTERFACESANDPRESENTATION(e.g.,HCI) ,Applied psychology ,Speech synthesis ,02 engineering and technology ,computer.software_genre ,Interface homme-machine ,Nonverbal communication ,InformationSystems_MODELSANDPRINCIPLES ,Home automation ,020204 information systems ,Assistive technology ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,medicine ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,[INFO.INFO-HC]Computer Science [cs]/Human-Computer Interaction [cs.HC] ,050107 human factors ,User-centered design ,business.industry ,Family caregivers ,05 social sciences ,Socialization ,Autism spectrum disorders ,medicine.disease ,Systèmes embarqués ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY ,Autism ,[INFO.INFO-ES]Computer Science [cs]/Embedded Systems ,business ,Psychology ,computer - Abstract
International audience; Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by difficulties of socialization, disorders of verbal communication, restricted and stereotyped patterns of behaviors. Firstly, the paper reports tools of the user-centered design (UCD) used as well participants involved in the design of interactive collaborative system for children with ASD. Then, we describe the UCD deployed to design a vocal communication tool (VCT) between an adult with ASD and his family caregivers. The analyses of interviews demonstrate a strong need for a collaborative assistive technology based on voice interaction to avoid the family caregivers repeating the same sentences to the adult with ASD and, to create a friendly atmosphere at home. Observations in a real life environment demonstrate that the VCT is useful and accepted by the adult with ASD and his family. The work is not complete and issues such as designing a spoken dialogue system in the smart home need further works. The study of the type of voice synthesis (human or text-to-speech synthesis) is also an open question.
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- 2019