Speech Technology for Kids Survey

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* 1. This question aims at getting a background on who you are as a survey taker.

I work for large industry

I work for small industry

I work for research lab

I work for academia

I am well funded for research regarding speech technology for children

It's a struggle to get funding for this area

I am a student

I am researcher

I am faculty

Other

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* 2. Effort required for applying technology developed for adults towards children in each of these areas

	direct application with NO modification						significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	n/a
Speech analysis	Speech analysis direct application with NO modification	Speech analysis	Speech analysis	Speech analysis	Speech analysis	Speech analysis	Speech analysis significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Speech analysis n/a
Handwriting recognition	Handwriting recognition direct application with NO modification	Handwriting recognition	Handwriting recognition	Handwriting recognition	Handwriting recognition	Handwriting recognition	Handwriting recognition significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Handwriting recognition n/a
Speech synthesis	Speech synthesis direct application with NO modification	Speech synthesis	Speech synthesis	Speech synthesis	Speech synthesis	Speech synthesis	Speech synthesis significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Speech synthesis n/a
Text analysis	Text analysis direct application with NO modification	Text analysis	Text analysis	Text analysis	Text analysis	Text analysis	Text analysis significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Text analysis n/a
Dialogue	Dialogue direct application with NO modification	Dialogue	Dialogue	Dialogue	Dialogue	Dialogue	Dialogue significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Dialogue n/a
Multimodal interaction	Multimodal interaction direct application with NO modification	Multimodal interaction	Multimodal interaction	Multimodal interaction	Multimodal interaction	Multimodal interaction	Multimodal interaction significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Multimodal interaction n/a
Assistance for speech disorders	Assistance for speech disorders direct application with NO modification	Assistance for speech disorders	Assistance for speech disorders	Assistance for speech disorders	Assistance for speech disorders	Assistance for speech disorders	Assistance for speech disorders significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Assistance for speech disorders n/a
Assistance for hearing disorders	Assistance for hearing disorders direct application with NO modification	Assistance for hearing disorders	Assistance for hearing disorders	Assistance for hearing disorders	Assistance for hearing disorders	Assistance for hearing disorders	Assistance for hearing disorders significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Assistance for hearing disorders n/a
Emotion/Personality recognition	Emotion/Personality recognition direct application with NO modification	Emotion/Personality recognition	Emotion/Personality recognition	Emotion/Personality recognition	Emotion/Personality recognition	Emotion/Personality recognition	Emotion/Personality recognition significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Emotion/Personality recognition n/a
Language Translation	Language Translation direct application with NO modification	Language Translation	Language Translation	Language Translation	Language Translation	Language Translation	Language Translation significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Language Translation n/a
Cross-Lingual/Non-native recognition	Cross-Lingual/Non-native recognition direct application with NO modification	Cross-Lingual/Non-native recognition	Cross-Lingual/Non-native recognition	Cross-Lingual/Non-native recognition	Cross-Lingual/Non-native recognition	Cross-Lingual/Non-native recognition	Cross-Lingual/Non-native recognition significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Cross-Lingual/Non-native recognition n/a
Pronunciation Variants	Pronunciation Variants direct application with NO modification	Pronunciation Variants	Pronunciation Variants	Pronunciation Variants	Pronunciation Variants	Pronunciation Variants	Pronunciation Variants significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Pronunciation Variants n/a
Confidence Measures	Confidence Measures direct application with NO modification	Confidence Measures	Confidence Measures	Confidence Measures	Confidence Measures	Confidence Measures	Confidence Measures significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Confidence Measures n/a
Lexical modeling and learning	Lexical modeling and learning direct application with NO modification	Lexical modeling and learning	Lexical modeling and learning	Lexical modeling and learning	Lexical modeling and learning	Lexical modeling and learning	Lexical modeling and learning significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Lexical modeling and learning n/a
Extraction of para-linguistic information	Extraction of para-linguistic information direct application with NO modification	Extraction of para-linguistic information	Extraction of para-linguistic information	Extraction of para-linguistic information	Extraction of para-linguistic information	Extraction of para-linguistic information	Extraction of para-linguistic information significant research required to develop children-specific algorithms	Extraction of para-linguistic information n/a

Other

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* 3. Which are key areas of fundamental research are missing and needed?

Speech analysis

Handwriting recognition

Speech synthesis

Text analysis

Dialogue

Multimodal interaction

Assistance for Speech disorders

Assistance Hearing disorders

Emotion/Personality recognition

Language Translation

Cross-Lingual/Non-native recognition

Pronunciation Variants

Confidence Measures

Lexical modeling and learning

Extraction of para-linguistic information

Other

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* 4. What are the biggest challenges for this area of research regarding children's applications?

	not at all	maybe	yes	very appropriate	start with this	k. A.
Databases	Databases not at all	Databases maybe	Databases yes	Databases very appropriate	Databases start with this	Databases k. A.
Robustness wrt. variability in data (children's handwriting, voice)	Robustness wrt. variability in data (children's handwriting, voice) not at all	Robustness wrt. variability in data (children's handwriting, voice) maybe	Robustness wrt. variability in data (children's handwriting, voice) yes	Robustness wrt. variability in data (children's handwriting, voice) very appropriate	Robustness wrt. variability in data (children's handwriting, voice) start with this	Robustness wrt. variability in data (children's handwriting, voice) k. A.
Fundamental research	Fundamental research not at all	Fundamental research maybe	Fundamental research yes	Fundamental research very appropriate	Fundamental research start with this	Fundamental research k. A.
Ideas for applications	Ideas for applications not at all	Ideas for applications maybe	Ideas for applications yes	Ideas for applications very appropriate	Ideas for applications start with this	Ideas for applications k. A.
Funding in education	Funding in education not at all	Funding in education maybe	Funding in education yes	Funding in education very appropriate	Funding in education start with this	Funding in education k. A.
Funding in health applications	Funding in health applications not at all	Funding in health applications maybe	Funding in health applications yes	Funding in health applications very appropriate	Funding in health applications start with this	Funding in health applications k. A.

Other

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* 5. Where is the biggest market for childrens' applications?

	not	some day	ok	very hot
Games (including mobile)	Games (including mobile) not	Games (including mobile) some day	Games (including mobile) ok	Games (including mobile) very hot
Education (including mobile)	Education (including mobile) not	Education (including mobile) some day	Education (including mobile) ok	Education (including mobile) very hot
Educational games (including mobile)	Educational games (including mobile) not	Educational games (including mobile) some day	Educational games (including mobile) ok	Educational games (including mobile) very hot
Mobile apps (not games or educational)	Mobile apps (not games or educational) not	Mobile apps (not games or educational) some day	Mobile apps (not games or educational) ok	Mobile apps (not games or educational) very hot
Health (except autism)	Health (except autism) not	Health (except autism) some day	Health (except autism) ok	Health (except autism) very hot
Autism	Autism not	Autism some day	Autism ok	Autism very hot

Other

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* 6. What kind of data do you need to do research on?

Children's text

Children's speech

Transcriptions

Transcriptions at specialized level (including anomalies)

Meta-Data (language biography, impairment, age, grade, ... )

Children's dialogues

Children's emotions

Non-native English

Other

Speech Technology for Kids

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* 1. This question aims at getting a background on who you are as a survey taker.

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* 2. Effort required for applying technology developed for adults towards children in each of these areas

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* 3. Which are key areas of fundamental research are missing and needed?

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* 4. What are the biggest challenges for this area of research regarding children's applications?

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* 5. Where is the biggest market for childrens' applications?

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* 6. What kind of data do you need to do research on?

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* 7. Do you have an idea for a competition to compare our algorithm next year this time? Data? Problemset?

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* 8. Now that we are a Special Interest Group - what do you expect/hope from this group?

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* 9. What other areas of research are needed to join us in making this a truly interdisciplinary research?

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* 10. What did we forget to ask that you would like to answer?