Gesture analysis has been widely used for developing new methods of human-computer interaction. The advancement reached in the gesture analysis area is also motivating its application to automate tasks related to discourse ...

In this article a robust and real-time hand gesture detection and recognition system for dynamic environments is proposed. The system is based on the use of boosted classifiers for the detection of hands and the ...

Linguistic studies have been concerned about characterizing deviant speech, as in speech sound disorders, apraxia of speech, dysarthria, etc. However, in order to be aware of the dimension of articulatory disorders in these ...

The research presented in this dissertation aimed to map gestures in the Parenthetical information unit. The research was based on the crucial role of action for speech and gesticulation, which, on the one hand, guides the ...

Multimodal interfaces are becoming popular and trying to enhance user experience through the use of natural forms of interaction. Among these forms we have speech and gestures inputs. Speech recognition is already a common ...

Multimodal interfaces are becoming more popular, and increasingly require natural interaction as a resource to enrich the user experience. Computational systems that support multimodality provide a more natural and flexible ...

Musical expressiveness is a concept that is difficult to formalise by objective data and its analysis usually relies on some sort of subjective evaluation. Today there is a growing interest in methods and cues used to ...