Magdalena Piotrowska, G. Korvel, B. Kostek, A. Rojczyk, A. Czyżewski
{"title":"Objectivization of Phonological Evaluation of Speech Elements by Means of Audio Parametrization","authors":"Magdalena Piotrowska, G. Korvel, B. Kostek, A. Rojczyk, A. Czyżewski","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2018.8431352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2018.8431352","url":null,"abstract":"This study addresses two issues related to both machine- and subjective-based speech evaluation by investigating five phonological phenomena related to allophone production. Its aim is to use objective parametrization and phonological classification of the recorded allophones. These allophones were selected as specifically difficult for Polish speakers of English: aspiration, final obstruent devoicing, dark lateral /l/, velar nasal and pre-fortis clipping. A set of audio features based on mechanism of each phonological process was created. Recordings of phonetic material prepared by phonology expert were executed. First, several speakers were recorded while reading words from a teleprompter. Then, every word was played back from the previously recorded sample read by a phonology expert and each examined speaker repeated a particular word trying to imitate correct pronunciation. The next step consisted in partitioning by editing two recorded sets of words into allophones, then signals were analyzed and subsequently audio excerpts were parametrized. The comparison of two sets of allophones was reinforced by the phonology expert's assessment of produced speech sounds. Analyses presented in this paper allowed for discovering a set of parameters, which enable to determine whether the target processes were pronounced correctly.","PeriodicalId":441117,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124344078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tomasz Kocejko, A. Poliński, A. Bujnowski, J. Wtorek
{"title":"Using Wearable Electronics to Estimate Usefulness of Heart Rate Variability for Bathing Person Identif Cation","authors":"Tomasz Kocejko, A. Poliński, A. Bujnowski, J. Wtorek","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2018.8431336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2018.8431336","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper the possibility of person identif cation based on biosignal is investigated. The work focus on the analysis of the changes in intervals between successive R-waves of electrocardiogram (ECG) recorded by wearable electronics in form of a necklaces. The main idea behind this project is to f nd eff cient tool which may prevent sudden consciousness loss episodes or even sudden death episodes related to rapid temperature changes. Proposed method relays on the estimation of the RR interval changes in time with three approximation functions. Then, the identif cation of a person is performed based on the parameters of the utilized estimation functions.","PeriodicalId":441117,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133269948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tomasz Boinski, Artur Zimnicki, J. Kujawski, Karol Draszawka
{"title":"Evaluating Asymmetric N-Grams as Spell-Checking Mechanism","authors":"Tomasz Boinski, Artur Zimnicki, J. Kujawski, Karol Draszawka","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2018.8431345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2018.8431345","url":null,"abstract":"Typical approaches to string comparing marks two strings as either different or equal without taking into account any similarity measures. Being able to judge similarity is however required for spelling error corrections, as we want to f nd the best match for a given word. In this paper we present a bi2quadro-grams method for spelling errors correction. The method proposed uses different n-grams dimension for the source (checked) and target (from the dictionary) words. For different types of errors proper weights were introduced. This way an increase in the quality and performance of the algorithm can be observed and the method becomes dedicated to the task of spelling errors correction. The results obtained so far suggest that the method is a viable solution competitive to other currently used approaches. The paper presents the proposed method, test suite and experimental results. Some discussion is also presented.","PeriodicalId":441117,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131253227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EEG Measures of Auditory and Tactile Stimulations in Computer Vision Based Sensory Substitution System for Visually Impaired Users","authors":"P. Poryzała","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2018.8431353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2018.8431353","url":null,"abstract":"Any kind of a sensory substitution device designed as an assistive technology for a particular group of users must address a very important question: what senses should be utilized as well as how to design and optimize the stimulation patterns? Various measures can be applied in order to estimate the quality of the proposed solution: one can measure the length of the training process, scores and navigation times in various use case scenarios, evaluate the cognitive load of the system, design surveys and questionnaires for the users, etc. Unfortunately, as the human brain and sensory substitution problem are both very complex, there is no single, true quantitative and qualitative method that can be used to compare different solutions. In the studies presented in this article, isolated responses to external auditory and tactile sensory stimulation events, their parameters and features are measured in a series of cognitive experiments and confronted with individual preferences of the visually impaired (VIP) and normally sighted (NSP) users.","PeriodicalId":441117,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123224168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emi Kakuda, S. Yokota, A. Matsumoto, D. Chugo, H. Hashimoto
{"title":"Concept Verification of Ungrounded Force Display Using Cam","authors":"Emi Kakuda, S. Yokota, A. Matsumoto, D. Chugo, H. Hashimoto","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2018.8431319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2018.8431319","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, various force display device are under development. There are two types of devices in terms of mounting method: grounded and ungrounded. The conventional grounded type force display device can accurately present the force by mounting on the desk or floor, but the movable range is limited. The ungrounded type device is wearable type, the user is burdened to some extent and there is a great restriction on force display. In order to solve this problem, the force display device that can be handled in the hand using a slider crank mechanism has been proposed. This device uses human sensory characteristics, and force can be presented by asymmetric acceleration motion. Since this device uses rotating bodies and crank mechanisms, there is room for improvement in terms of size and weight. Therefore, we adopted a cam to generate asymmetric acceleration motion for the improvement. By using cams, it is possible to reduce the number of devices and downsize them. In this paper, we propose the mechanism using cam and confirm the realization of left-right asymmetric acceleration motion for force display. In addition the performance of the force display was confirmed through both experiments: quantitative and subjective.","PeriodicalId":441117,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123622964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Strumiłło, P. Skulimowski, M. Bujacz, Mark Obuchowicz, Izabela Borowiecka, Mateusz Holak, Andrzej Radecki
{"title":"A Mobile Application for Interactive Sonification of Images for the Visually Impaired","authors":"P. Strumiłło, P. Skulimowski, M. Bujacz, Mark Obuchowicz, Izabela Borowiecka, Mateusz Holak, Andrzej Radecki","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2018.8431362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2018.8431362","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents a mobile application for interactive sonication of images, which is a tool supporting blind and partially sighted persons in interpretation of graphical content. The software can be used in blind education and in improving everyday life, work and entertainment. The article presents methods that facilitate interaction with the developed interactive sonification system and accelerate the teaching process, with a strong emphasis on customizing the user interface to the needs of people with visual impairments. A set of games that assist the user was created both to help with the familiarization with the available tools and to assess the progress made by the users. A test module consisting of a sequence of illustrations and prepared tasks was used to verify the effects of the exercises. The first positive results are reported of the empathic tests of the application in which normally sighted, but blindfolded volunteers have taken part.","PeriodicalId":441117,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)","volume":"179 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115920487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Bujnowski, Kamil Osiński, A. Poliński, Tomasz Kocejko, J. Wtorek, Alexey Andrushevich
{"title":"Electrical Propterties of Solution Mixtures for Bath Supervision in Ambient Assisted Living","authors":"A. Bujnowski, Kamil Osiński, A. Poliński, Tomasz Kocejko, J. Wtorek, Alexey Andrushevich","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2018.8431346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2018.8431346","url":null,"abstract":"Impedance properties of bath solution are compared. Any ingredient such as soap, shampoo or bathing salt changes bath-solution's electrical properties eg. impedance. We have measured and analysed influence of typical bathing ingredients on electrical properties of the solution. We investigate impedance changes over frequency range from 100Hz tu 100kHz as it is most applicable for person detection. Electrical properties of bath solution knowledge is essential for person detection and biosignal acquisition of bathing person.","PeriodicalId":441117,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115974168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Iannizzotto, L. L. Bello, Andrea Nucita, G. Grasso
{"title":"A Vision and Speech Enabled, Customizable, Virtual Assistant for Smart Environments","authors":"G. Iannizzotto, L. L. Bello, Andrea Nucita, G. Grasso","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2018.8431232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2018.8431232","url":null,"abstract":"Recent developments in smart assistants and smart home automation are lately attracting the interest and curiosity of consumers and researchers. Speech enabled virtual assistants (often named smart speakers) offer a wide variety of network-oriented services and, in some cases, can connect to smart environments, thus enhancing them with new and effective user interfaces. However, such devices also reveal new needs and some weaknesses. In particular, they represent faceless and blind assistants, unable to show a face, and therefore an emotion, and unable to ‘see’ the user. As a consequence, the interaction is impaired and, in some cases, ineffective. Moreover, most of those devices heavily rely on cloud-based services, thus transmitting potentially sensitive data to remote servers. To overcome such issues, in this paper we combine some of the most advanced techniques in computer vision, deep learning, speech generation and recognition, and artificial intelligence, into a virtual assistant architecture for smart home automation systems. The proposed assistant is effective and resource-efficient, interactive and customizable, and the realized prototype runs on a low-cost, small-sized, Raspberry PI 3 device. For testing purposes, the system was integrated with an open source home automation environment and ran for several days, while people were encouraged to interact with it, and proved to be accurate, reliable and appealing.","PeriodicalId":441117,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)","volume":"269 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121353722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sebastian Cygert, G. Szwoch, Szymon Zaporowski, A. Czyżewski
{"title":"Vocalic Segments Classification Assisted by Mouth Motion Capture","authors":"Sebastian Cygert, G. Szwoch, Szymon Zaporowski, A. Czyżewski","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2018.8430943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2018.8430943","url":null,"abstract":"Visual features convey important information for automatic speech recognition (ASR), especially in noisy environment. The purpose of this study is to evaluate to what extent visual data (i.e. lip reading) can enhance recognition accuracy in the multi-modal approach. For that purpose motion capture markers were placed on speakers' faces to obtain lips tracking data during speaking. Different parameterizations strategies were tested and the accuracy of phonemes recognition in different experiments was analyzed. The obtained results and further challenges related to the bi-modal feature extraction process and decision systems employment are discussed.","PeriodicalId":441117,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129115653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Positive Risk of Creativity in Software Projects: an Expected Result, a Threat or an Opportunity?","authors":"A. Bobkowska","doi":"10.1109/HSI.2018.8431364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI.2018.8431364","url":null,"abstract":"Positive risk of creativity appears when there is an excess of creativity. This paper aims at exploring the concept of positive risk of creativity in software projects. It presents a taxonomy of positive risks as well as case studies of positive risks in diploma software projects. It also attempts to answer the question whether positive risks should be treated as expected results of applying creativity process, or they cause additional threats, or they can be treated as sources of opportunities. It appears that actually all options are possible depending on circumstances and each option requires a different approach to their management.","PeriodicalId":441117,"journal":{"name":"2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI)","volume":"396 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124072724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}