| Analysis of prosody in finger braille using electromyography. | |
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PMID: 17946270 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Finger braille is one of the communication methods for the deaf blind. The interpreter types braille codes on the fingers of deaf blind. Finger braille seems to be the most suitable medium for real-time communication by its speed and accuracy of transmitting characters. We hypothesize that the prosody information exists in the time structure and strength of finger braille typing. Prosody is the paralinguistic information that has functions to transmit the sentence structure, prominence, emotions and other form of information in real time communication. In this study, we measured the surface electromyography (sEMG) of finger movement to analyze the typing strength of finger braille. We found that the typing strength increases at the beginning of a phrase and a prominent phrase. The result shows the possibility that the prosody in the typing strength of finger braille can be applied to create an interpreter system for the deafblind. |
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Authors:
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Manabi Miyagi; Masafumi Nishida; Yasuo Horiuchi; Akira Ichikawa |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference Volume: 1 ISSN: 1557-170X ISO Abbreviation: Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc Publication Date: 2006 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-10-23 Completed Date: 2008-04-02 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101243413 Medline TA: Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 4901-4 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Graduate Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Chiba Univ., Japan. miyagi@graduate.chiba-u.jp |
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Blindness Deafness Electromyography / instrumentation*, methods* Fingers Humans Japan Language Linguistics Male Movement Reading Reproducibility of Results Sensory Aids* Touch |
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