VITHEA-Kids: Improving the Linguistic Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Vânia Mendonça, Cláudia Filipe, Luísa Coheur and Alberto Sardinha

In 12th International Conference on the Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language (PROPOR 2016) – Demonstration Session, 13-15 July 2016, Tomar, Portugal

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VITHEA-Kids: Improving the Linguistic Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract:
Each child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has a unique set of abilities, symptoms and needs; hence, educational appli- cations should allow to tailor exercises’ content and options. However, most existing applications do not take this requirement into account. In this work, we present VITHEA-Kids, a platform that takes advantage of language and speech technologies tools to allow children with ASD to benefit from a customized learning experience.