Book Search Interface for Articulation Practice
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for searching for picture books and children's books to help toddlers and children with articulation disorders practice pronunciation are ineffective, as they do not specifically target books containing difficult speech sounds.
Innovation Solution
A book search interface apparatus that allows users to set search conditions based on specific speech sounds using kana symbol buttons classified by vowels, consonants, articulatory organs, and articulation manners, enabling the selection of books that include desired speech sounds for practice.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If general picture book search techniques are used, then books appealing to children can be found, but books specifically containing difficult speech sounds for articulation practice cannot be identified
Solution Approach 1:
The search interface segments speech sounds into distinct categories (vowels, consonants, articulatory organs, articulation manners) with separate button groups. Each segment can be independently selected to filter books by specific speech sound characteristics, enabling precise identification of books containing difficult sounds for articulation practice.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer between the user's articulation goals and the book database. The search condition setting unit acts as a mediator that translates articulation disorder requirements into searchable book parameters, connecting the user's practice needs with appropriate book selections.
2Reliability
If manual selection of books for articulation practice is performed, then appropriate books can be chosen, but the process requires specialized knowledge of both picture books and articulation disorders
Solution Approach 1:
The search interface enables self-service by providing automated filtering based on speech sound characteristics. Users can directly select articulation goals through intuitive button groups, and the system automatically identifies suitable books without requiring manual analysis of book content or specialized knowledge of articulation disorders.
Solution Approach 2:
The search interface serves multiple functions: it searches by speech sound type, articulatory organ, articulation manner, and book title simultaneously. This multi-functional capability consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate search processes or manual review into a single integrated interface.
3Productivity
If books with frequent difficult speech sounds are searched for, then articulation practice effectiveness is improved, but the search requires classification by articulatory organ and articulation manner
Solution Approach 1:
The interface segments articulation characteristics into independent dimensions (vowels, consonants, articulatory organs, articulation manners), each with dedicated button groups. Users can select one or more segments to filter books, making the complex search process simple through intuitive, modular selection rather than requiring understanding of the underlying classification system.
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AI summary
Provided is a technique for effectively searching for a book for an articulation disordered-child to use in practice. A search condition setting unit 120 sets a search condition for a speech sound in accordance with a selection state of kana symbol buttons disposed in a book search screen, the kana symbol buttons corresponding one-to-one to kana symbols indicating respective speech sounds. A search unit 130 searches for a book in which a desired speech sound appears, in accordance with the search condition. A book search screen includes at least one of a Japanese syllabary button group in which the kana symbol buttons are classified as vowels or consonants, and an articulation button group in which the kana symbol buttons are classified by articulatory organ and articulation manner.