Title :
Digital Talking Book Player for the Visually Impaired Using FPGAs
Author :
Nazemi, Azadeh ; Ortega-Sanchez, Cesar ; Murray, Iain
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Curtin Univ. Perth, Perth, WA, Australia
fDate :
Nov. 30 2011-Dec. 2 2011
Abstract :
The Digital Talking Book (DTB) player is a device for the visually impaired to read, search, navigate and bookmark written material using DAISY and EPUB standards. This paper presents the design and implementation of a DTB player in an FPGA-based embedded system to play audio books containing MP3 (Daisy) files and utilize Text to Speech Synthesis (TTS) for text only books or EPUB books.
Keywords :
electronic publishing; embedded systems; field programmable gate arrays; handicapped aids; multimedia systems; speech synthesis; DAISY standards; DTB player; EPUB standards; FPGA-based embedded system; MP3 files; TTS; audio books; bookmark written material; digital talking book player; text only books; text to speech synthesis; visually impaired people; Digital audio players; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Kernel; Linux; Navigation; Assistive Technology; Daisy Player; EPUB; FPGA; Text-to-Speech Synthesis; uClinux;
Conference_Titel :
Reconfigurable Computing and FPGAs (ReConFig), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cancun
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1734-5
DOI :
10.1109/ReConFig.2011.28
