MultiMemoHome: Multimodal Reminders Within the Home
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Informatics
Abstract
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Publications
Wolters, M
(2010)
Designing Usable and Acceptable Reminders for the Home
in Proc. AAATE Workshop AT Technology Transfer, Sheffield, UK
Wolters, M
(2011)
Can the hearing handicap inventory for adults be used as a screen for perception experiments?
in Proceedings of ICPhS XVII
Wolters, M
(2010)
Evaluating speech synthesis intelligibility using Amazon Mechanical Turk
in Proc. 7th Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW7)
Wolters MK
(2015)
Can older people remember medication reminders presented using synthetic speech?
in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Wolters M
(2010)
Evaluating speech synthesis intelligibility using Amazon Mechanical Turk
in Proc. 7th Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW7)
Wolters M
(2014)
The minimal effective dose of reminder technology
Wolters M
(2012)
Hold that thought
Vipperla, R
(2012)
Spoken dialogue interfaces for older people
Vipperla, R
(2012)
Volume 31: Advances in Home Care Technologies
McGee-Lennon M
(2011)
User-centred multimodal reminders for assistive living
| Description | 1. Design of speech reminders: Spoken reminders should use familiar words, take into account a person's habits, and be played at a convenient time without violating privacy. If those rules are followed, a computer-generated voice can be used without jeopardising intelligibility. It is even feasible to use compressed speech (spearcons) to provide reminders. 2. Evaluating speech reminders: Crowdsourcing platforms such as Amazon Mechanical Turk are valid tools for investigating the intelligibility of synthetic speech. The Matrix sentences, simple meaningful sentences designed for use in audiology, may be too simple and learned too easily to be useful for evaluating synthetic speech. Synthetic speech is highly intelligible given background noise types typically found in the home such as music and chat, and it is also highly intelligible in mildly reverberant rooms such as kitchens and living rooms. 3. Dual tasking: We found that spoken reminders do not appear to unduly disrupt background tasks that require serial recall. However, more work is needed to identify appropriate cognitive models for predicting the impact of different kinds of reminders on tasks. |
| Exploitation Route | The project has developed a methodology for the evaluation of synthetic speech in clean, noisy, and reverberant conditions. This work has been incorporated into the Blizzard Challenge, http://www.synsig.org/index.php/Blizzard_Challenge, the annual international evaluation of speech synthesis systems. This work also influenced the EC FP7 FET project, LISTA. Our work in speech driven Reminder Systems forms a basis for future work in dialogue systems, such as in the EU project Help4Mood. Our work is influencing current and future work in assistive technology. For example, Steve Renals was invited to talk to the assistive technology group at INESC-ID, Lisbon, who are following up on work done in this project. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| URL | http://www.multimemohome.org |
| Description | Our findings have been used and disseminated through a variety of routes: 1. We have formed a collaboration with Action on Hearing Loss to increase support for people with hearing loss with low mood and/or cognitive problems through the health services. 2. Maria Wolters disseminated relevant project findings through her research blog, mariawolters.wordpress.com, and through tweeting about relevant research. 3. There was a final project workshop that brought together participants from social care, health care, and academia. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Can computer-generated voices be used to deliver telecare services to people with hearing problems? |
| Amount | £58,036 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CZG/2/495 |
| Organisation | Chief Scientist Office |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2011 |
| End | 12/2012 |
| Description | KAIST seminar 2012 Wolters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Seminar at Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Dept Math Sci - "Designing Reminder Systems for Older People - What is the Context?". Invited talk has sparked a long-term collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | SICSA talk Wolters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk at the SICSA Workshop on Technology for Health and Wellbeing by Maria Wolters, "The Minimal effective dose of reminder technology" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | seminar at INESC 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk entitled "Assistive Speech Technology" at INESC-ID, Lisbon |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | talk at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 2010 Wolters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk entitled "Monitoring and Reminding: How Much is too much?" at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | talk at TU Berlin 2010 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk, "Usability of Spoken Dialogue Systems" at TU Berlin |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |