Using NLG and sensors to support personal narrative for children with complex communication needs

  • Authors:
  • Rolf Black;Joe Reddington;Ehud Reiter;Nava Tintarev;Annalu Waller

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Dundee;University of Aberdeen;University of Aberdeen;University of Aberdeen;University of Dundee

  • Venue:
  • SLPAT '10 Proceedings of the NAACL HLT 2010 Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

We are building a tool that helps children with Complex Communication Needs (CCN) to create stories about their day at school. The tool uses Natural Language Generation (NLG) technology to create a draft story based on sensor data of the child's activities, which the child can edit. This work is still in its early stages, but we believe it has great potential to support interactive personal narrative which is not well supported by current Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tools.