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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2016.10.1.59

Development of Automatic Voice System for Foreign Patients in Testing of Magnetic Resonance Imaging  

Goo, Eun-Hoe (Department of Radiological Science, Cheongju University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.10, no.1, 2016 , pp. 59-64 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study intend to develop the automatic voice system for language communicating over foreign patients in testing of magnetic resonance imaging. Used sentences for the automatic voice system was selected with twelve sentences and five foreign languages in hospital in use. These translated texts were provided free of charge from Oddcast's website, which is recorded each language-specific voice as Wav files, The recorded audio file were produced by the two types of a power-point show of MS-office 2013(extension; ppsx) form and Web-enabled system using the PHP program to be applied in the mobile phone environment. It is considered to relieve the stress about an language barrier to medical technician and the voice system designed with the variable language will be enhanced the diagnostic information on foreign patients. Because automatic voice system designed for this study can enhance the understanding of test in between korean medical technician and foreign patients, It will be expected to utilize more usefully in clinical practice.
Keywords
magnetic resonance imaging; automatic voice system; language barrier;
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