A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A PERFORMANCE INDICATION TO A HEARING AND SPEECH IMPAIRED PERSON LEARNING SPEAKING SKILLS

摘要

The present invention describes a technique for providing a performance indication to a hearing and speech impaired person learning speaking skills. The technique comprises selecting a phoneme from a plurality of phonemes displayed on a display device; receiving a phoneme produced by the hearing and speech impaired person on a microphone; creating a first mathematical representation for the selected phoneme; creating a second mathematical representation for the received phoneme; generating a first visual equivalent representing the selected phoneme based on the first mathematical model; generating a second visual equivalent representing the received phoneme based on the second mathematical model; displaying the first visual equivalent and the second visual equivalent on the display device for the hearing and speech impaired person to compare; comparing the first mathematical representation and second mathematical representation; generating a performance indication based on result of a comparison of the first mathematical representation and second mathematical representation.