A tongue input device for creating conversations

Slyper, Ronit; Lehman, Jill Fain; Forlizzi, Jodi; Hodgins, Jessica K.

doi:10.1145/2047196.2047210

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“…Salem et al have proposed a tongue pointing system using a pressure sensitive isometric joystick [7]. Furthermore, Slyper et al have proposed three types of tongue input devices: a sip/puff switch, a bite sensor, and a tongue joystick [10]. However, while these research Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.…”

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A tongue training system for children with down syndrome

Miyauchi

Kimura

Nojima

2013

Proceedings of the 26th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

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Children with Down syndrome have a variety of symptoms including speech and swallowing disorders. To improve these symptoms, tongue training is thought to be beneficial. However, inducing children with Down syndrome to do such training is not easy because tongue training can be an unpleasant experience for children. In addition, with no supporting technology for such training, teachers and families around such children must make efforts to induce them to undergo the training. In this research, we develop an interactive tongue training system especially for children with Down syndrome using SITA (Simple Interface for Tongue motion Acquisition) system. In this paper, we describe in detail our preliminary evaluations of SITA, and present the results of user tests.

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A tongue training system for children with down syndrome

Miyauchi

Kimura

Nojima

2013

Proceedings of the 26th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

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“…Other studies have used a mouthpiece-type EMG sensor to measure the EMG signal within the oral cavity; these measurements can be used to estimate the movement of the tongue and can be applied to the computer interface [ 11 ]. Dental retainers with built-in light sensors [ 12 ] and joysticks for the tongue [ 13 ] have also been used instead of mouthpieces to measure tongue movements for people with quadriplegia; one study using a joystick designed for persons without any disability targeted actors wearing costumes [ 14 ]. However, for PAP operation, not placing a sensor in the mouth is desirable.…”

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Earable TEMPO: A Novel, Hands-Free Input Device that Uses the Movement of the Tongue Measured with a Wearable Ear Sensor

Taniguchi

Kondo²,

Kurosawa

et al. 2018

Sensors

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In this study, an earphone-type interface named “earable TEMPO” was developed for hands-free operation, wherein the user can control the device by simply pushing the tongue against the roof of the mouth for about one second. This interface can be used to start and stop the music from a portable audio player. The earable TEMPO uses an earphone-type sensor equipped with a light emitting diode (LED) and a phototransistor to optically measure shape variations that occur in the external auditory meatus when the tongue is pressed against the roof of the mouth. To evaluate the operation of the earable TEMPO, experiments were performed on five subjects (men and women aged 22–58) while resting, chewing gum (representing mastication), and walking. The average accuracy was 100% while resting and chewing and 99% while walking. The precision was 100% under all conditions. The average recall value of the five subjects was 92%, 90%, and 48% while resting, masticating, and walking, respectively. All subjects were reliably able to perform the action of pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth. The measured shape variations in the ear canal were highly reproducible, indicating that this method is suitable for various applications such as controlling a portable audio player.

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“…In our previous work, a novel noncontact camera-based tongue computer interface (CBTCI) is introduced to assist people with upper limb limitation to access computers [2]. In contrast to intrusive TCIs (e.g., [4]), tongue gesture input systems provide higher degrees of motional freedom (DOF) and require minimal setup. However, there are many questions regarding potential usability of such systems.…”

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Tongue-able interfaces

Niu

Liu

McCrickard

2014

Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers &Amp; Accessibility - ASSETS '14

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Tongue-computer interaction techniques create a new pathway between the human and the computer, with particular utility for people with upper limb impairment. This study investigated the usability problems of camera-based tongue computer interface reflected through the user behavior and participants' feedback; specifically the exploration of referential techniques to make users aware of their tongue position and help adjust their gesture. Pros and cons of the referential strategies are discussed to foster future assistive tongue-computer interface design.

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A tongue input device for creating conversations

Cited by 11 publications

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A tongue training system for children with down syndrome

A tongue training system for children with down syndrome

Earable TEMPO: A Novel, Hands-Free Input Device that Uses the Movement of the Tongue Measured with a Wearable Ear Sensor

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