Our research proposes a new technique for people affected by dysarthria- type of speech impairment- to interact with virtual home assistants such as Google Home and Amazon Alexa. The proposed technique overcomes dysarthric users’ communication difficulties and enables them to use these devices with non-verbal sound cues. We would like to answer how using nonverbal voice cues will improve the interaction with the virtual home assistants.

GET INVOLVED

Currently we are conducting a pilot study to test the system developed. We are seeking participants to take part in this study with the following criteria:

• Aged 18+ and diagnosed with dysarthria (mild-moderate).
• Do not have any other medical condition that affects language production (e.g aphasia).
• Have the capacity to give consent.

The study will involve two tasks: Sending voice commands to the system and filling out questionnaires about your experience. The approximate time for finishing the experiment is around one hour

Location: Online or Abacws building at Cardiff University. (We can discuss other options if required)

You can find more information about this study by reading the participant information sheet here.

If you are interested, please fill this form or email me at jaddoha@cardiff.ac.uk