A Speech Recognition Application as a Communication Aid for Acute and Critical Care Patients With Tracheostomies

Speech Recognition Application for the Voice Impaired (SRAVI) is a novel communication aid developed by Liopa (a company formed by Queen's University Belfast (QUB) and the Centre for Security Information Technologies (CSIT), QUB). SRAVI is an application-based lip-reading system, and the application ('app') can be downloaded onto any device with a standard forward facing camera (e.g., smartphone, tablet). When the device is held in front of a patient, it will track lip movement and identify phrases being mouthed.