ISCA Archive Eurospeech 1997
ISCA Archive Eurospeech 1997

Optical logo-therapy (OLT): a computer-based real time visual feedback application for speech training

A. Hatzis, P.D. Green, S.J. Howard

Traditional speech training methods can prove cumbersome because of the difficulty of providing the subject with good feedback, maintaining her/his motivation over long periods and stabilising the improvement in articulation. In this work we provide visual feedback based on displaying a trajectory in a 2-Dimensional 'phonetic space'. Data are presented from a small-scale efficacy study, which illustrate the use of OLT in speech therapy for misarticulated sibilant fricatives. Results for the contrasting articulations are compared and the potential of OLT as a therapeutic technique is discussed.