If we start to unpack your post we can come to a slightly simpler
conclusion than what you set out as your goal initially.
1. Is your main idea to have a program where the device can "do the
talking" for the patient?
2. As the "owner" of a 94 year old Mother-in-law who suffers from some
sort of selective dementia I realise that
pointing out to her that her hallucinations are hallucinations (rather
than reality) is both an uphill struggle
and causes her a lot of distress: oddly enough she's far happier inside
the comfort zone of her hallucinations.
If "Granny" suffers from Aphasia she has permanent damage in the Broca's
Area of her brain, normally due to
a stroke: this cannot be sorted out, unfortunately.
She could, also, suffer from a type of dementia that has similar
symptoms to aphasia.
Doesn't really matter which; the end result is just as bad and bl**dy
awful for all concerned.
If you are going for #1 then there is absolutely no need for any
speech-recognition stuff or comparison
between recorded sounds and those on the device.
Richmond.
On 28/12/17 2:26 am, Peter Reid via use-livecode wrote:
Hi Marc, Paul, Phil, Rick and Richmond
Thanks for your various thoughts.
To put a bit more flesh on this, here's what I'm developing and why...
In the first instance I'm doing this development for a friend who's grandmother
suffers from aphasia (saying completely the wrong word). The idea is that her
family can put together sets of words where each word is spoken by the app
whilst displaying a relevant picture and optionally a short video clip
illustrating the correct mouth shape when saying the word. The app displays
the word in a very large font with a picture, then the app says the word (with
the option to see a mouth shape video clip). The user responds by trying to
say the same word and (the thing I can't do yet!) the app gives the user a
percentage score that represents how closely the user matched the sample word.
If the user's score is above a variable threshold, the user sees a smiley face,
otherwise a sad face!
I tried contacting Mark Smith as suggested by Paul but his email address
[email protected] no longer works.
So far I have everything working apart from the comparison of 2 WAV files, in
particular the following is working:
- the app checks for the presence of a micro SD card as the source of a
collection of word packs
- a word pack consists of a collection of words in sound (WAV) and picture
(JPG) form, optionally with supporting video clips (MP4)
- the app lets the user select a word pack at start up and loads the pack into
RW file space
- the user taps a large arrow icon to go forwards/backwards through the chosen
list of words
- for each word, the word is displayed in a large font at the top of the
landscape screen, with its associated picture occupying the lower half of the
screen
- as the word is displayed, it is spoken
- the user can tap a microphone icon and record their attempt at the word
- currently I simulate the comparison of the 2 WAV files
- the app gives a percentage score and displays a smiley or sad face accordingly
To be honest, my main aim is to help a friend. At this stage I'm not looking
beyond this, so licensing, etc. is not on the horizon at the moment.
Thanks again
Peter
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Peter Reid
Loughborough, UK
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