KIKIWAKE: sound source separation system for children-computer interaction

  • Authors:
  • Tomoki Taguchi;Masafumi Goseki;Ryohei Egusa;Miki Namatame;Masanori Sugimoto;Fusako Kusunoki;Etsuji Yamaguchi;Shigenori Inagaki;Yoshiaki Takeda;Hiroshi Mizoguchi

  • Affiliations:
  • Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan;Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan;Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan;Tsukuba University of Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan;Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan;Tama art University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan;Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan;Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan;Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan;Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan

  • Venue:
  • CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

In general living environments, in order to separate children's voices from backgrounds noise, we developed a sound separation system by a microphone array. We created a game by use of this developed system, and conducted evaluation experiment intended for elementary school children. As a result, we confirmed this system could separate 3 voices, and the game promotes children's interest in or concerns about a microphone array in a quantitative way.