Abstract
Approximately 30% of the Danish population has severe
problems in reading everyday text. In the light of the
increasing amount of text available on the Internet this
poses a democratic challenge to ensure “equal access” to
information. The Talking Internet service - Access For All
(AFA) - offers a free Internet-based tool for reading aloud
any marked text with a synthetic voice. The only
requirements are a standard equipped PC running a recent
Windows OS and an Internet connection.
Experiences gathered from running the service for
more than 28 months underline the viability of the
concept. There is a clear need for a free internet based
Danish text-to-speech synthesizer. Furthermore, the
current state of technology i.e. internet bandwidth,
response time and server technology is sufficient for
setting up an online automatic reading service that is used
by steadily growing number of individuals and institutions.
Translated title of the contribution | Adgang for alle -: en talende internettjeneste |
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Original language | English |
Title of host publication | Proccedings of Interspeech 2005 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Publisher | INESC ID/IST |
Publication date | 2005 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Event | Interspeech '2005 – Eurospeech - Lissabon, Portugal Duration: 4 Sept 2005 → 8 Sept 2005 Conference number: 6 |
Conference
Conference | Interspeech '2005 – Eurospeech |
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Number | 6 |
Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Lissabon |
Period | 04/09/2005 → 08/09/2005 |