tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học: "Development of an automated speech recognition interface for personal emergency response systems"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Development of an automated speech recognition interface for personal emergency response systems | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation BioMed Central Open Access Methodology Development of an automated speech recognition interface for personal emergency response systems Melinda Hamill1 Vicky Young2 Jennifer Boger2 and Alex Mihailidis 2 Address 1The Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada and intelligent Assistive Technology and Systems Lab Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada Email Melinda Hamill - Vicky Young - Jennifer Boger - Alex Mihailidis - Corresponding author Published 8 July 2009 Received 7 August 2008 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2009 6 26 doi 1743-0003-6-26 Accepted 8 July 2009 This article is available from http content 6 1 26 2009 Hamill et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Demands on long-term-care facilities are predicted to increase at an unprecedented rate as the baby boomer generation reaches retirement age. Aging-in-place . aging at home is the desire of most seniors and is also a good option to reduce the burden on an over-stretched long-term-care system. Personal Emergency Response Systems PERSs help enable older adults to age-in-place by providing them with immediate access to emergency assistance. Traditionally they operate with push-button activators that connect the occupant via speaker-phone to a live emergency call-centre operator. If occupants do not wear the push button or cannot access the button then the system is useless in the event of a fall or emergency. Additionally a false .