Speech Therapy Software on an Open Web Platform

Over the past several decades there have been a handful of speech therapy software programs made available to people with speech problems, specifically for stuttering related speech issues. The goal of this paper is to introduce the ability to offer these patients a speech therapy program accessible from an ordinary web browser and thereby gaining the many benefits of using an open web platform. With the open web platform, a rich internet application can be developed with real time audio processing and media capture via the Web Audio API and Media Capture and Streams API. By combining these powerful APIs with an online database, patients can have a fully managed speech therapy application that can be accessed from the comfort of their homes. This new type of speech therapy application will allow the doctor to monitor the patient's advancements outside of the clinical setting.