Title :
A low-cost speech-synthesis system for translation of ASCII text to oral language as a vision impaired aid
Author :
Ramirez, Juan Manuel ; Bolanos, G. ; Baez-lopez, David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. de las Americas, Cholula Puebla, Mexico
Abstract :
Presents a simple and low-cost PC-based system to convert and ASCII file into oral language (Spanish) as a vision impaired aid. Three major parts can be distinguished: a database with a set of the most used syllables, which was constructed after research on the Spanish language, an extension board connected to the expansion slot of the PC, and the software required to perform the manipulation of the signals in both parts, speech acquisition and synthesis. The system is currently under testing with good results. General performance and conclusions are discussed
Keywords :
add-on boards; handicapped aids; language translation; microcomputer applications; natural languages; speech synthesis; ASCII text to oral language translation; PC expansion slot; Spanish language; extension; low-cost speech-synthesis system; signal manipulation; speech acquisition; syllables database; vision impaired aid; Biomedical optical imaging; Databases; Face detection; Hardware; Natural languages; Optical character recognition software; Sampling methods; Signal synthesis; Speech synthesis; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1995., Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Lubbock, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7117-3
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.1995.465409
