Speech technologies for blind and low vision persons

Technology and Disability

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-156

  Freitas, Diamantino ^a   Kouroupetroglou, Georgios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Audio description; Automated reading devices; Digital talking books; Mobility; Screen readers; Speech recognition; Talking devices; Text to speech; Voice browsers; Voice portals

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; AUTOMATION; BLINDNESS; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; READING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TECHNOLOGY; TELEVISION VIEWING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEB BROWSER; WRITING;

EID: 47949100131     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-2008-20208     Document Type: Article

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