Access to lexical knowledge in modular interpersonal communication aids

Abstract

This paper discusses the role of lexical linguistic information in the framework of modular architectures for interpersonal communication aids and describes the User Vocabulary Definition and Meaning Mapping Module (UVDMM), developed in the context of the TIDE-ACCESS TP1001 project. The UVDMM Module is a multilingual lexical knowledge base that contains linguistic information and lexical translation relations for orthographic languages and symbolic systems. UVDMM has been designed to operate in the framework of component- or module-based communication aid architectures such as the ATIC architecture, which was also developed in the context of the TIDE-ACCESS project.

• augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
• lexical knowledge
• lexical translational equivalence
• modular architecture
• vocabulary