Title :
The development of the voice read-out system for digital television receiver
Author :
Furuta, Satoru ; Kawashima, Keigo ; Otsuka, Takahiro ; Yamaura, Tadashi ; Otsuka, Reiji
Author_Institution :
Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan
Abstract :
We hope that every people can enjoy the convenient functions of digital broadcasting such as an Electronic Program Guide (EPG). In 2007, Mitsubishi Electric launched the mass-produced LCD television equipped with the EPG voice read-out system to Japanese domestic market. This paper describes the development of the voice read out function of a digital television receiver, background of development, the introduced speech synthesis system and the improvement degrees of every model based on end-user´s opinions are summarized respectively.
Keywords :
digital television; liquid crystal displays; speech synthesis; television broadcasting; television receivers; EPG voice read-out system; Japanese domestic market; Mitsubishi Electric; digital broadcasting; digital television receiver; electronic program guide; end-user opinions; mass-produced LCD television; speech synthesis system; Broadcasting; Databases; Dictionaries; Receivers; Speech; Speech synthesis; TV; Digital television receiver; Speech synthesis; Text to speech;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2012 IEEE 1st Global Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1500-5
DOI :
10.1109/GCCE.2012.6379658
