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visiBabble for reinforcement of early vocalization

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Joel MacAuslan,

Linda FerrierAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing, Issue 77-78

Pages 161 - 168

https://doi.org/10.1145/1029014.1028659

Published: 01 September 2003 Publication History

Abstract

The visiBabble system processes infant vocalizations in real-time. It responds to the infant's syllable-like productions with brightly colored animations and records the acoustic-phonetic analysis. The system reinforces the production of syllabic utterances that are associated with later language and cognitive development. We report here on the development of the visiBabble prototype and field-testing of the system.

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