Research Article

Social Robotics in Therapy of Apraxia of Speech

Table 1

Set of utterances to convey messages during the exercise (approximate translation from Spanish).

SituationSentenceDetails

CongratulatingVery goodGeneral congratulation utterances
Keep going
You are doing great
CorrectingOpen a little less your mouthCorrections in case the user is opening the mouth more than expected
Open your mouth less
Please, close your mouth a bit
Open your mouth a bit moreCorrections in case the user is opening the mouth less than expected
Open your mouth a bit more
Make a bigger mouth
You are almost thereUtterance to encourage the user during the exercise
Keep trying
Starting exerciseLet us try to say “a” correctly three timesPracticing with “a” pose
Let us try to say “u” correctly three timesPracticing with “u” pose
Try to keep your mouth closed for three roundsPracticing with mouth closed pose
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