DocumentCode :
3253657
Title :
A newspaper reading out system with an adaptive information filtering technology to support visually impaired people
Author :
Yoshida, Hideyuki ; Kindo, Toshiki
Author_Institution :
Matsushita Res. Inst. Tokyo Inc., Kawasaki, Japan
fYear :
1999
fDate :
1999
Firstpage :
38
Lastpage :
41
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a newspaper reading out system to support visually impaired people. We built an adaptive newspaper reading out system that sorts headlines in order of a user´s priority. The system consists of three modules: information filtering module, speech recognition module and text-to-speech synthesis module. These modules present interface modals that are easy for visually impaired people to use. Our primary experiment with five persons suggests that this reading out system with INSOP is useful for visually impaired people to obtain items in which they are interested. This system reduces the time for a user to obtain information that the user needs to 25% compared with the reading out system without INSOP
Keywords :
adaptive systems; handicapped aids; information needs; speech recognition; speech synthesis; text analysis; adaptive information filtering technology; adaptive newspaper reading out system; headline sorting; interface modals; speech recognition module; text-to-speech synthesis module; user priority; visually impaired people; Adaptive systems; Application software; Dictionaries; Information filtering; Information filters; Loudspeakers; Protocols; Speech recognition; Speech synthesis; World Wide Web;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1999 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5582-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PACRIM.1999.799472
Filename :
799472
Link To Document :
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