Publication detail

Exploring the Contribution of Isochrony-based Features to Computerized Assessment of Handwriting Disabilities

GAVENČIAK, M. ZVONČÁK, V. MEKYSKA, J. ŠAFÁROVÁ, K. ČUNEK, L. TOMÁŠ, U. MARIE HAVIGEROVÁ, J. BEDNÁŘOVÁ, J. GALÁŽ, Z. MUCHA, J.

Original Title

Exploring the Contribution of Isochrony-based Features to Computerized Assessment of Handwriting Disabilities

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Approximately 30–60 % of the time children spend in school is associated with handwriting. However, up to 30 % of them experience handwriting disabilities (HD), which lead to a decrease in their academic performance. Current HD assessment methods are not unified and show signs of subjectivity which can lead to misdiagnosis. The aim of this paper is to propose a new approach to objective HD assessment based on the principle of movement isochrony. For this purpose, we used a database of 137 children attending a primary school, who performed a transcription and dictation task, and who were associated with a BHK (Concise Evaluation Scale for Children’s Handwriting) score. Employing a machine learning model, we were able to estimate this score with 18 % error. An interpretation of the model suggests that the isochrony-based features could bring new benefits to the objective assessment of HD.

Keywords

developmental dysgraphia; handwriting difficulties; isochrony; online handwriting

Authors

GAVENČIAK, M.; ZVONČÁK, V.; MEKYSKA, J.; ŠAFÁROVÁ, K.; ČUNEK, L.; TOMÁŠ, U.; MARIE HAVIGEROVÁ, J.; BEDNÁŘOVÁ, J.; GALÁŽ, Z.; MUCHA, J.

Released

18. 8. 2022

Publisher

IEEE

ISBN

978-1-6654-6948-7

Book

2022 45th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP)

Pages from

355

Pages to

359

Pages count

5

URL

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9851254

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT180570,
  author="Michal {Gavenčiak} and Vojtěch {Zvončák} and Jiří {Mekyska} and Katarína {Šafárová} and Lukáš {Čunek} and Urbánek {Tomáš} and Jana {Marie Havigerová} and Jiřina {Bednářová} and Zoltán {Galáž} and Ján {Mucha}",
  title="Exploring the Contribution of Isochrony-based Features to Computerized Assessment of Handwriting Disabilities",
  booktitle="2022 45th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP)",
  year="2022",
  pages="355--359",
  publisher="IEEE",
  doi="10.1109/TSP55681.2022.9851254",
  isbn="978-1-6654-6948-7",
  url="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9851254"
}