Spanish language generation engine to enhance the syntactic quality of AAC systems

Cristian Narváez A.; Sebastián Sastoque H.; Marcela Iregui G.

doi:10.1117/12.2211435

22 December 2015 Spanish language generation engine to enhance the syntactic quality of AAC systems

Cristian Narváez A., Sebastián Sastoque H., Marcela Iregui G.

Proceedings Volume 9681, 11th International Symposium on Medical Information Processing and Analysis; 96810S (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211435
Event: 11th International Symposium on Medical Information Processing and Analysis (SIPAIM 2015), 2015, Cuenca, Ecuador

Abstract

People with Complex Communication Needs (CCN) face difficulties to communicate their ideas, feelings and needs. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) approaches aim to provide support to enhance socialization of these individuals. However, there are many limitations in current applications related with systems operation, target scenarios and language consistency. This work presents an AAC approach to enhance produced messages by applying elements of Natural Language Generation. Specifically, a Spanish language engine, composed of a grammar ontology and a set of linguistic rules, is proposed to improve the naturalness in the communication process, when persons with CCN tell stories about their daily activities to non-disabled receivers. The assessment of the proposed method confirms the validity of the model to improve messages quality.

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Cristian Narváez A., Sebastián Sastoque H., and Marcela Iregui G. "Spanish language generation engine to enhance the syntactic quality of AAC systems", Proc. SPIE 9681, 11th International Symposium on Medical Information Processing and Analysis, 96810S (22 December 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211435

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