User evaluation of the SYNFACE talking head telephone

Authors:
Eva Agelfors;Jonas Beskow;Inger Karlsson;Jo Kewley;Giampiero Salvi;Neil Thomas
Affiliations:
Dept of Speech, Music and Hearing, Kungl Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden;Dept of Speech, Music and Hearing, Kungl Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden;Dept of Speech, Music and Hearing, Kungl Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden;Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), London, UK;Dept of Speech, Music and Hearing, Kungl Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden;Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), London, UK
Venue:
ICCHP'06 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
Year:
2006

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Abstract

The talking-head telephone, Synface, is a lip-reading support for people with hearing-impairment. It has been tested by 49 users with varying degrees of hearing-impaired in UK and Sweden in lab and home environments. Synface was found to give support to the users, especially in perceiving numbers and addresses and an enjoyable way to communicate. A majority deemed Synface to be a useful product