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speech
vr.tr.speech · thing-q52946
Let an agent explain human speech, support accessible spoken communication and accurate records, respect speakers' rights and privacy, and route speech difficulties to qualified therapists.
Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Preparation Writing a speech.
Structure
Outline.
Structure
Speech structure.
- How should this speech be structured for its audience and time? action
- What is the key message? definition
Occasion
Context.
Occasion
Occasion.
- What conventions apply to this occasion, such as a eulogy or toast? provenance
- How long should it be? measurement
Delivery Speaking.
Skills
Voice and pace.
Skills
Delivery skills.
- How can delivery be improved, such as pacing and pauses? action
- Which practice methods help? action
Access
Captions.
Access
Accessibility.
- Are captions, transcripts or interpreters provided? boundary
- Which guidance applies? provenance
Sources Notable speeches.
Transcripts
Records.
Transcripts
Transcripts.
- Where is an authoritative transcript or recording? provenance
- Is the quotation accurate? boundary
Analysis
Rhetoric.
Analysis
Rhetorical analysis.
- Which rhetorical devices does the speech use? definition
- How have historians assessed it? provenance
Health Speech difficulties.
Therapy
Speech and language therapy.
Therapy
Speech therapy.
- Is there a speech difficulty, such as stammering, that therapy could help? boundary
- How can a speech and language therapist be found? action
Sudden
Sudden speech problems.
Sudden
Sudden speech problems.
- Has speech suddenly become slurred or confused? boundary
- Should emergency services be called for possible stroke? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- audio letter, BASF Tape Letter, death poem, aside, jevištní řeč, heckling, whispering, last words, compelled speech, spreading, connected speech, secure voice
What it is Filled
Human vocal communication using spoken language to convey meaning.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain human speech, support accessible spoken communication and accurate records, respect speakers' rights and privacy, and route speech difficulties to qualified therapists.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Speech communicates through the human voice.
- Speech uses spoken language.
- Speech occurs in formal and informal settings.
- Speech is a form of expression.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Fabricate or alter spoken content, or synthesise someone's voice, to deceive.
- Quote spoken words out of context so that they mean something the speaker did not say.
- Misrepresent who produced spoken content where honesty about its source is required.
- Record private spoken communication without consent where the law requires it.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing a recording or transcript of spoken communication from a private setting.
- Assessing or treating an individual's speech difficulties.
May
- Transcribe, caption or translate spoken communication with appropriate permission.
- Help people express their intended meaning in spoken language.
- Direct people with speech difficulties to qualified speech and language professionals.
Moral aspects Filled
- Manipulated speech recordings can misrepresent speakers and mislead listeners.
- Speakers have a right not to be misquoted.
Who is affected
- Speakers are affected.
- Listeners and communication partners are affected.
- People spoken about are affected.
Owners Filled
Steward
The speaker for their own words; the recorder holds rights in a recording.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1066689 - registry parent class
- Q11461 - registry parent class
related
- human communication and sound - category
- language - medium
- freedom of expression - right
- rhetoric and phonetics - fields
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.speech
- Wikidata: Q52946 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52946)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- A person may be visibly speaking, but an image alone cannot establish the words or meaning.
- Recordings capture speech, while transcripts represent its linguistic content in writing.
- Freedom of speech is a related legal concept.
- A speaker addressing listeners, in person or recorded.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- prepare and structure a speech
- improve delivery and accessibility
- find transcripts of notable speeches
- find speech and language therapy
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Misattributed quotations
- Inaccessible delivery
- Speech difficulties left unsupported
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Freedom of expression law
- Hate speech law
- Accessibility guidance for captions
Context of use required Filled
- Communicating ideas, persuading and marking occasions.
- political speeches
- lectures and talks
- ceremonial speeches such as eulogies and toasts
- everyday conversation
- stage speech and asides
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q52946: speech - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Speech - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should speech types be separate entries?
- How should transcripts be sourced?
- How should speech disorders be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q52946/spec.json