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An Audio System of Electronic Texts for the Visually Impaired and Perception of Different Speech Rates by the Blind and the Sighted
Meelis Mihkla, Indrek Hein, Indrek Kiissel, Margit Orusaar, Artur Räpp
61 - 68
10.3233/978-1-60750-641-6-61
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Volume 219: Human Language Technologies – The Baltic Perspective
Abstract

This work presents the audio system of electronic texts and audio books, designed for the visually impaired people, helping them read the news, newspapers, magazines and books and listen to audio books over the Internet. Considered are the possibilities of use and the functional range of the system. For selection of various speech rates perception tests were arranged for the blind and those sighted. The perception tests revealed that the so-called trained blind prefer to listen to the speech of a higher rate than the sighted or the blind, lacking the experience of daily use of computer.

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