Utterance Rate Feedback for Enhancing Mealtime Communication

Ogawa, K.; Takeuchi, Takuji; Nishimura, Kunihiro; Tanikawa, Tomohiro; Hirose, Michitaka

doi:10.1109/ism.2011.67

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“…Ogawa et al attempted to enhance mealtime communication through lifelogging, and they developed a system called "Vocalog" [11]. Lifelogging refers to the logging of human life in the form of images, movies, sounds, location information, and so on.…”

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“…Though non-verbal communication is also important, non-verbal communication alone is insufficient and inconvenient for building relationships between people. However, Ogawa et al found that many people who do not talk with others during mealtimes [11]. To solve this problem, they attempted to enhance the amount of individual utterances during mealtimes by displaying a pre-estimated utterance rate along with each individual's actual rate.…”

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Hori

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Proceedings of the ACM Multimedia 2012 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities

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The purpose of this research is to enhance mealtime communication by visualizing the utterance rates of individuals during meals. We developed a system called " Table Talk Enhancer" that visualizes mealtime communication by illuminating the dining table surface with three LED lights (red, green, and blue). The system records the voices of people sharing a meal using directional microphones fixed at the center of the table, and it calculates their utterance rate, which is the ratio of time spent on individual utterances to the total mealtime. The system changes the illumination patterns of the table surface based on the values of the individual utterance rates and a balance of them. Each LED light shines brightly when people speak frequently, and each of the lights blinks synchronously when the utterance rates of the individual users have a proper balance. This illumination affects the conversation implicitly. For an evaluation, we installed our proposed system at a public location for five days. We did not teach the participants the meaning of the different illumination patterns. As a result, we found that although the participants did not know the specific meaning of the feedback, their utterance rates during meals increased more with the feedback than without it.

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MAMAS: Supporting Parent--Child Mealtime Interactions Using Automated Tracking and Speech Recognition

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Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Many parents of young children find it challenging to deal with their children's eating problems, and parent--child mealtime interaction is fundamental in forming children's healthy eating habits. In this paper, we present the results of a three-week study through which we deployed a mealtime assistant application, MAMAS, for monitoring parent--child mealtime conversation and food intake with 15 parent--child pairs. Our findings indicate that the use of MAMAS helped 1) increase children's autonomy during mealtime, 2) enhance parents' self-awareness of their words and behaviors, 3) promote the parent--child relationship, and 4) positively influence the mealtime experiences of the entire family. The study also revealed some challenges in eating behavior interventions due to the complex dynamics of childhood eating problems. Based on the findings, we discuss how a mealtime assistant application can be better designed for parents and children with challenging eating behaviors.

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Utterance Rate Feedback for Enhancing Mealtime Communication

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