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| Title | Human Language Technology and Communicative Disabilities: Requirements and Possibilities for the Future |
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| Authors | Marina B. Ruiter, Toni C. M. Rietveld, Catia Cucchiarini, Emiel J. Krahmer and Helmer Strik |
| Abstract | For some years now, the Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) has beenactive in promoting the development of human language technology (HLT)applications for users of Dutch with communication disabilities. The reason isthat HLT products and services may enable these users to improve their verbalautonomy and communication skills. We sought to identify a minimum common setof HLT resources that is required to develop tools for a wide range ofcommunication disabilities. In order to reach this goal, we investigated thespecific HLT needs of communicatively disabled people and related these needsto the underlying HLT software components. By analysing the availability andquality of these essential HLT resources, we were able to identify which of thecrucial elements need further research and development to become usable fordeveloping applications for communicatively disabled users of Dutch. Theresults obtained in the current survey can be used to inform policyinstitutions on how they can stimulate the development of HLT resources forthis target group. In the current study results were obtained for Dutch, but asimilar approach can also be used for other languages. |
| Language | Other |
| Topics | LR national/international projects, organizational/policy issues, Other |
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Human Language Technology and Communicative Disabilities: Requirements and Possibilities for the Future |
| Bibtex | @InProceedings{RUITER10.261, author = {Marina B. Ruiter, Toni C. M. Rietveld, Catia Cucchiarini, Emiel J. Krahmer and Helmer Strik}, title = {Human Language Technology and Communicative Disabilities: Requirements and Possibilities for the Future}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Seventh conference on International Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'10)}, year = {2010}, month = {may}, date = {19-21}, address = {Valletta, Malta}, editor = {Nicoletta Calzolari (Conference Chair), Khalid Choukri, Bente Maegaard, Joseph Mariani, Jan Odjik, Stelios Piperidis, Mike Rosner, Daniel Tapias}, publisher = {European Language Resources Association (ELRA)}, isbn = {2-9517408-6-7}, language = {english} } |