DocumentCode :
3444489
Title :
PC-based telephone communications system for deaf-blind people
Author :
Bazzani, Mario ; Mumolo, E.M.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel FACE Res. Center, Pomezia, Italy
fYear :
1988
fDate :
28 Nov-1 Dec 1988
Firstpage :
43
Abstract :
A system has been developed that allows deaf-blind people to communicate with others by a standard telephone set. It uses speech processing technologies integrated in a PC (personal computer). The handicapped person can activate or receive a telephone communication, entering sentences by typing on a Braille terminal and receiving the messages on a Braille tactile display. A text-to-speech subsystem converts the typed sentences into voice, and a connected-word voice recognizer converts the vocal answer into text and then into a Braille message. Results of a field trial of the system carried out in an Italian community of handicapped people are reported
Keywords :
handicapped aids; microcomputer applications; speech analysis and processing; speech recognition; telephone systems; Braille message; Braille tactile display; Braille terminal; Italian community; PC; PC-based telephone communications system; connected-word voice recognizer; deaf-blind people; handicapped person; personal computer; speech processing technologies; standard telephone set; text-to-speech subsystem; vocal answer; Communication standards; Computer displays; Deafness; Microcomputers; Speech processing; Speech recognition; Speech synthesis; Standards development; Telephony; Text recognition;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1988, and Exhibition. 'Communications for the Information Age.' Conference Record, GLOBECOM '88., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Hollywood, FL
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1988.25807
Filename :
25807
Link To Document :
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