Applications of Speech Technologies in Western Balkan Countries

Pekar, Darko; Miskovic, Dragisa; Knežević, Milan; Sedlar, Nataša Vujnović; Secujski, Milan; Delić, Vlado

doi:10.5772/10113

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“…The elements of the game are represented by voice messages and sound effects. The files with voice messages and instructions were prepared by using the text-to-speech (TTS) technology for the Serbian language [ 3 , 36 , 37 ]. The game can be played by using only a standard PC keyboard (as a tactile device) and by voice commands (using ASR server application) [ 38 ].…”

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Educational Applications for Blind and Partially Sighted Pupils Based on Speech Technologies for Serbian

Lučić

Ostrogonac

Sedlar

et al. 2015

The Scientific World Journal

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The inclusion of persons with disabilities has always represented an important issue. Advancements within the field of computer science have enabled the development of different types of aids, which have significantly improved the quality of life of the disabled. However, for some disabilities, such as visual impairment, the purpose of these aids is to establish an alternative communication channel and thus overcome the user's disability. Speech technologies play the crucial role in this process. This paper presents the ongoing efforts to create a set of educational applications based on speech technologies for Serbian for the early stages of education of blind and partially sighted children. Two educational applications dealing with memory exercises and comprehension of geometrical shapes are presented, along with the initial tests results obtained from research including visually impaired pupils.

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Educational Applications for Blind and Partially Sighted Pupils Based on Speech Technologies for Serbian

Lučić

Ostrogonac

Sedlar

et al. 2015

The Scientific World Journal

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“…The University of Novi Sad, Serbia, in cooperation with the company AlfaNum carries out the research and development of speech technologies for Serbian and other kindred South Slavic languages used in five countries of the Western Balkans (Delić et al, 2010;Sečujski et al, 2002). The Audio Library for the visually impaired is one of the results of that research (Pekar et al, 2010). It is based on speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) engines and it produces synthesized speech from various electronic materials.…”

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Web service for connecting visually impaired people with libraries

Tešendić

Krstićev

2015

Aslib Journal of Information Management

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a case study of developing a web service that will act as an intermediary between the Audio Library system for the visually impaired and the library management systems. The Audio Library is based on speech recognition and text-to-speech engines and it produces synthesized speech from various electronic materials. It has its own database with a limited number of books and textual materials. Web services described in this paper should enable access to a larger number of electronic resources provided by libraries. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the author specified software architecture of a web service analyzing different approaches for search and retrieval. Findings – Web service described in this paper is the first software solution addressing the problem of lending e-books in Serbia. It aggregates collections of different libraries in a single access point for the Audio Library system. In this way, users of the Audio Library system are provided with larger number of electronic resources. Originality/value – Communication between the Audio Library and this web service is achieved by using standardized protocols for exchanging library data. However, those protocols did not fulfill all necessary requirements, so the authors propose some extensions to overcome those issues.

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