Cel The project aims at improving the production of talking books and structured electronic texts for use by reading impaired persons, through application of digital speech processing and SGML-based document structuring.The main objective on the Digibook consortium is the improvement of access to text information for a group of persons with a reading handicap (visually impaired persons, dyslexics, some motor impaired persons). Digibook intends to: decrease the cost of current talking books production technology that is human labour intensive, prove the feasibility of computerised digital recording and duplication in this specialised but rapidly growing domain. The products Digibook will realise are related to the provision of books to reading impaired persons: a fully computerised audio processing studio, the production of talking books based on text-to-speech conversion, the introduction of new carriers for talking books: DAT tapes, CD-ROM, CD-I, specialised diskettes, distribution of electronic texts in SGML and appropriate reading systems. The results are the following: the pilot production centre for computerised talking book production is of immediate benefit to the target users group. It will also provide technical know how to the company involved that will commercialise it later on, the use of new carriers reduces drastically the complexity of talking book production centres, the production of talking books based on text-to-speech systems is the only viable alternative when service centres have to increase their production. Digibook builds on the results of previous EU projects (TIDE 136, 218, 1226), all related to accessibility of texts. Program(-y) IC-PECO/COPERNICUS - Scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and European non-member countries, 1992- Temat(-y) Data not available Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Koordynator Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94 3001 Leuven Belgia Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (4) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Włochy Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych IPTK Logos Rosja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych KFKI - MSZKI Węgry Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych VILNIUS UNIVERSITY Litwa Wkład UE Brak danych Adres SAULETEKIO AVE. 9, BLDG. 3 Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych
