Open AccessWhen My Voice is not My Voice: Speaking through a Speech Generating Device
Author(s) -
Kathy Howery
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
phenomenology and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1913-4711
DOI - 10.29173/pandpr29354
Subject(s) - human voice , relation (database) , voice activity detection , speech act , psychology , computer science , speech recognition , linguistics , speech processing , database , philosophy
A speech-generating device (SGD) is not a thing that many people have experienced. For thosewith severe speech impairments, however, it may be a technology giving them voice and anintegral part of their daily lives. What is it like to have an embodiment relation with SGD? Thisarticle draws upon Don Ihde’s insights regarding human-technology relations to explore howSGDs may act to mediate and condition the everyday lives of children and youth with speechimpairments.