A system employing high-quality speech compression technology to produce voice on demand for visually handicapped persons

Takao Kaneko; Hitoshi Ohmuro; Kazunori Mano

doi:10.1002/ecjb.10095

A system employing high-quality speech compression technology to produce voice on demand for visually handicapped persons

Takao Kaneko, Hitoshi Ohmuro, Kazunori Mano

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A voice-on-demand system in which a voice reading the latest information was information-compressed by a voice coding technique and stored on the disks of a PC server which was then distributed to receivers via ISDN networks was made. Evaluation of the performance of this voice-on-demand system indicates that the read speech data can be received in a short time, about 1/8 of the regeneration quality equal to that of the personal handy-phone system (PHS). Moreover, the system provided enrichment of close-at-home information which the visually handicapped persons can select by themselves, increase of the update frequency of the information content, and further enhancement of the operability of the receiver.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	56-70
Number of pages	15
Journal	Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)
Volume	85
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ecjb.10095
Publication status	Published - 2002 Nov
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

DualSpeech
Speech compression
Visually handicapped person
Voice-on-demand system

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Physics and Astronomy(all)
Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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A system employing high-quality speech compression technology to produce voice on demand for visually handicapped persons. / Kaneko, Takao; Ohmuro, Hitoshi; Mano, Kazunori.

In: Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi), Vol. 85, No. 11, 11.2002, p. 56-70.

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