Autonomous speech and language assessment
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsCong Chen, Ajay Chander, Kanji Uchino
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Abstract
Technologies are described to provide autonomous speech and language assessments. In some examples, a method to conduct an autonomous speech and language assessment includes facilitating authoring of an autonomous speech and language assessment. The autonomous speech and language assessment may be interactions between one or more of a conversational module, an analytical module, and a control module, and the interaction may be specified using a visual programming language. The method may also include modeling the autonomous speech and language assessment as a graph using a conversation markup language, and conducting the autonomous speech and language assessment utilizing a conversational virtual agent.
Claims19
A speech and language assessment system, comprising:
- a plurality of conversational modules, each conversational module configured to provide a modality of communication;
- an analytical module configured to provide an assessment-specific function;
- a control module configured to provide conditional flow between some of the plurality of conversational modules or between some of the plurality of conversational modules and the analytical module;
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- an autonomous speech and language assessment, the autonomous speech and language assessment specifies interactions between at least some of the plurality of conversational modules and the analytical module, wherein the autonomous speech and language assessment is executable by a conversational virtual agent which engages in a virtual conversation with a user, the user being assessed for speech and language disorders.
A method to conduct an autonomous speech and language assessment, the method comprising:
- facilitating authoring of an autonomous speech and language assessment, the autonomous speech and language assessment being interactions between one or more of a conversational module, an analytical module, and a control module, the interaction being specified using a visual programming language;
- modeling the autonomous speech and language assessment as a graph using a conversation markup language;
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- conducting the autonomous speech and language assessment utilizing a conversational virtual agent which engages in a virtual conversation with a user, the user being assessed for speech and language disorders.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing thereon instructions that, in response to execution by a processor, causes the processor to:
- facilitate authoring of an autonomous speech and language assessment, the autonomous speech and language assessment including a customized content and an assessment, the autonomous speech and language assessment being created as a conversation diagram;
- model the autonomous speech and language assessment as a graph based on a conversation markup language;
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- load the autonomous speech and language assessment on a conversational virtual agent, wherein the autonomous speech and language assessment is executable by a conversational virtual agent which engages in a virtual conversation with a user, the user being assessed for speech and language disorders.
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