What is it about?

Automatic speech and language processing is capable of increasing access to information and communication and, hence, social participation for individuals with disabilities and special educational needs, including people with physical, cognitive, sensory, emotional, or developmental disabilities, as well as older adults.

Assistive technologies (AT) allow individuals with disabilities to do things that would otherwise be difficult or impossible for them to do.

The Ninth Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SLPAT) will bring together researchers from areas such as natural language processing, speech signal processing, (special) education, rehabilitation sciences, computer science, HCI, communication, psychology, psycholinguistics, computer vision, and computer graphics with domain experts like clinicians, therapists, caretakers, and interpreters, as well as users to share their findings, to discuss present and future challenges, and to explore possibilities for collaboration.

How can I participate?

Submit a paper in one of the following categories by Feb 28, 2022.  

1. Write and submit a 2-4 page demo paper. The paper can be on topics such as: a possible solution to an existing AT problem, a user’s story and how various technologies helped/did not help them, specific challenges to specific types of technologies, voice-banking issues. For more topics see instructions below.

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2. Write and submit a 6 page full scientific paper. Topics can include natural language processing, speech signal processing, (special) education, rehabilitation sciences, computer science, HCI, communication, psychology, psycholinguistics, computer vision, and computer graphics. See instructions below.

Instructions:

Papers must be submitted using the OpenReview paper submission system which you can access here:

https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/ACL/2022/Workshop/SLPAT

Paper submissions must use the official ACL style templates, which are available as an Overleaf template and also downloadable directly (Latex and Word). Please follow the paper formatting guidelines general to *ACL conferences available here. Authors may not modify these style files or use templates designed for other conferences.

Full papers should contain up to 6 pages of content, not including references.

Demo papers should be up to 4 pages, not including references.