IEICE Technical Report

Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685      Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380

Volume 113, Number 77

Well-being Information Technology

Workshop Date : 2013-06-13 - 2013-06-14 / Issue Date : 2013-06-06

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Table of contents

WIT2013-1
Performance evaluation of geomagnetic sensor - based switch GSN/1 in case of tremor
Masaya Endo, Toyohiko Hayashi (Niigata Univ.), Takashi Oda (JALSA), Naoki Tondokoro (Welfare Association of Independent Living), Toshimitsu Yamaguchi (IT Support Center)
pp. 1 - 6

WIT2013-2
Experimental Evaluation of a Speech-Output Type Entertainment Game
Hiroshi Matsuba, Kentaro Tani (Niigata Univ), Nao Ito (Toyama National College of Technology), Yoshinobu Maeda (Niigata Univ), Takuya Niikawa (Osaka Electro-Communication Univ)
pp. 7 - 12

WIT2013-3
A progress report of the evaluation experiment in temporary housing complex using elderly-person-monitoring system for dementia early detection
Syunsuke Kashiwaba, Yasunobu Sakamoto, Shigeru Matsuzawa, Atsushi Takeda, Akiyo Matsumoto, Yu Sakurai (TGU)
pp. 13 - 18

WIT2013-4
Mobile Robot Programming tool using a mobile phone I/F for visually impaired students
Naoya Egashira, Ryota Ide (FIT), Akito Teraoka (ISIT), Takafumi Ienaga, Akihiro Yamaguchi, Yoshihiko Kimuro (FIT)
pp. 19 - 24

WIT2013-5
A Method for Automating Translation of Hand-drawn Maps to Assist Tactile Graphics Production
Jianjun Chen, Toshiaki Demachi, Noboru Takagi (Toyama Prefectural Univ.)
pp. 25 - 30

WIT2013-6
Application of augmented reality to voice output communication aid
Naohiro Chikamatsu, Toyohiko Hayashi, Maiko Iriyama (Niigata Univ.), Satuki Aoki (Niigata Univ./Meirin College)
pp. 31 - 36

WIT2013-7
A Hybrid Approach to Electrolaryngeal Speech Enhancement Based on Spectral Compensation and Statistical Source Excitation Generation
Kou Tanaka, Tomoki Toda, Graham Neubig, Sakriani Sakti, Satoshi Nakamura (NAIST)
pp. 37 - 42

WIT2013-8
Support System for Children with Dysarthria or Hearing Disorders to Practice Pronunciation
Ikuyo Masuda-Katsuse (Kinki Univ.), Kimio Shiraishi (Kushu Univ.), Hirouki Oyama (Fukuoka Prefectual Education Center), Yuiko Hirashima (International Univ. Health and Welfare)
pp. 43 - 48

WIT2013-9
A System Enables Character Input and PC Operation via Voice for a Physically Disabled Person with a Speech Impediment -- A Development by Speech Recognition Engine Julius --
Toshimasa Tanioka, Yasuhisa Okazaki (Saga Univ.), Kenzi Watanabe (Hiroshma Univ.), Hiroki Kondo (Saga Univ.)
pp. 49 - 54

WIT2013-10
Mental Work Load of Dialogue Language
Akira Ichikawa (Chiba Univ.)
pp. 55 - 60

WIT2013-11
Sound localization under amplification
Tatsuo Nakagawa (YNU), Masayuki Sato (Tsukuba Univ. Tech.), Masahiro Takahashi (Yokohama City Univ.)
pp. 61 - 64

WIT2013-12
Ryry: an audio-based automatic musical accompaniment playback system capable of real performances with erros, repeats and jumps
Shinji Sako, Ryuichi Yamamoto, Tadashi Kitamura (Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)
pp. 65 - 70

WIT2013-13
Examination of visualization techniques and quantitative metrics of articulation states in vowel utterance learning
Tadashi Sakata, Kunimasa Mishiro, Yuichi Ueda (Kumamoto Univ.)
pp. 71 - 76

WIT2013-14
Development of a real time representation tool of the vocal tract shape based on the normalized formant infomation
Kunimasa Mishiro, Tadashi Sakata, Yuichi Ueda (Kumamoto Univ.)
pp. 77 - 82

WIT2013-15
[Invited Talk] Evaluation of speech intelligibility and development of sign signal sound for outdoor public address(PA) systems -- Development of technologies for improving outdoor sound transmission systems to address disaster information --
Zhenglie Cui, Masayuki Morimoto (Tohoku Univ.), Hayato Sato (Kobe Univ.), Shuichi Sakamoto (Tohoku Univ.), Yukio Iwaya (Tohoku Gakuin Univ.), Fumitaka Saito, Yo-iti Suzuki (Tohoku Univ.)
pp. 83 - 88

WIT2013-16
Effect of spectral energy reallocation on speech intelligibility in noise
Reiko Takou, Nobumasa Seiyama, Atsushi Imai (NHK)
pp. 89 - 93

WIT2013-17
Combining perceptually-motivated spectral shaping with loudness and duration modification for intelligibility enhancement of HMM-based synthetic speech in noise
Cassia Valentini-Botinhao (Univ. of Edinburgh), Junichi Yamagishi (NII/Univ. of Edinburgh), Simon King (Univ. of Edinburgh), Yannis Stylianou (FORTH, Greece)
pp. 95 - 100

WIT2013-18
Language Model Updating for Captioning of Disaster Broadcasts
Takahiro Oku, Yuya Fujita, Akio Kobayashi, Shoei Sato (NHK)
pp. 101 - 106

WIT2013-19
Development of an Adjusting Device for Elderly Person's TV -- Aim to make broadcasting sounds easier to listen to --
Tomoyasu Komori (NHK Engineering System), Atsushi Imai, Nobumasa Seiyama, Reiko Takou (NHK), Tohru Takagi (NHK Engineering System), Yasuhiro Oikawa (Waseda Univ.)
pp. 107 - 112

WIT2013-20
Comparison of auditory brainstem responses to speech sounds between young and elderly adults
Haruna Fujihira, Kimio Shiraishi (Kyushu Univ.)
pp. 113 - 118

WIT2013-21
Aging effects on perceptual learning of /r/-/l/ : Influence of auditory aging
Rieko Kubo, Masato Akagi (JAIST)
pp. 119 - 124

WIT2013-22
Identification of Personality in the Perception of the Prosodic Information
Keiichiro Suriki (Ritsumeikan Univ.), Masanori Morise (Yananashi Univ.), Yoichi Yamashita (Ritsumeikan Univ.)
pp. 125 - 128

Note: Each article is a technical report without peer review, and its polished version will be published elsewhere.


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