Due to the expensive cost of speech therapy in Hong Kong and limited speech therapy services by the government, many children with speech disorders fail to receive timely diagnosis and therapy. Vera’s vision is to provide these children with services that are accessible, affordable and convenient. We hope children can access the speech diagnosis and therapy they need regardless of their backgrounds.

Vera overcomes the temporal, spatial, and financial barriers faced by children with speech disorders, and also tackles the practical problems faced by speech therapists. This is because Vera is an AI-powered application that makes use of deep learning and big data to provide immediate diagnosis and personalized treatment for speech sound disorders. The app also provides speech therapists with rich resources that help children practice pronunciation, and provides progress reports that track their progress. Furthermore, the stress-free and interactive diagnostic process is facilitated by a speech-enabled chatbot. So, after providing a fast and accurate diagnosis, Vera then analyzes the results to provide personalized and gamified pronunciation exercises to encourage children to actively receive treatment.

Vera will pioneer the use of AI, deep learning and big data to diagnose and treat speech sound disorders in Hong Kong. Also, since a Cantonese database does not exist for our needs, we have initiated the creation of such a database that uses speech samples from Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong (with and without speech disorders).

組長
Team Leader
陳利欣
CHAN Lee Yan (HKU)

組員
Team Member
張素兒
CHEUNG So Yee (HKU)
Tratik DIXIT (HKU)
陳安盈
CHAN On Ying Angel (HKU)

院校顧問
Faculty Advisor
蔡浚文博士
Dr. CHOI Tsun Man William (HKU)

Website
veraspeechapp.hk