Assessing Usability and Fun of Speech Articulation Training for Children with Down Syndrome

Authors

  • Lau Kum Hoe
  • Syariffanor Hisham
  • Noor Azilah Draman @ Muda

Keywords:

Down Syndrome, Assistive Technology, Speech Rehabilitation, Malay Articulation Training, Usability Study, Evaluation Method, Usability and Fun Problems

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility of Malay automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine as tool in speech rehabilitation among children with Down syndrome (DS) in Malaysia. Three children with DS were requested to use an application called MyCard during the evaluation session. Furthermore, with the integration of the Malay ASR engine in MyCard, the program was designed to enable the children with DS to practice their Malay articulation skills. The parts in MyCard which caused the usability and fun problems on the children were identified and required improvements in order to increase the feasibility of the application in the speech rehabilitation for children with Down syndrome. Therefore, an adaptive coding scheme called DEVAN was used to assess the feasibility of MyCard based on the usability and fun aspects. Based on the findings, the results suggested that the recording interface was observed to be causing trouble for the children in this study.

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Published

2015-01-01

How to Cite

Lau Kum Hoe, Syariffanor Hisham, & Noor Azilah Draman @ Muda. (2015). Assessing Usability and Fun of Speech Articulation Training for Children with Down Syndrome. Journal of Network and Innovative Computing, 3, 9. Retrieved from https://cspub-jnic.org/index.php/jnic/article/view/87

Issue

Vol. 3 (2015)

Section

Original Article

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