In this contribution an experiment is described in which the suitability of Dutch text-to-speech conversion for application in a Digital Daily Newspaper (DDN) for the blind was evaluated. This was done by presenting a number of synthesized and naturally spoken newspaper texts to a group of visually handicapped via a taperecorder. Results show that present text-to-speech conversion for Dutch yields speech which is reasonably comprehensible at the text level, but that further improvement is possible and necessary. The subjects' opinion about the introduction of a DDN varies, but it is argued that responses would have been more positive if the subjects had been able to experience the advantages of a DDN in practice.
Cite as: Bezooijen, R.v. (1989) Evaluation of the suitability of Dutch text-to-speech conversion for application in a digital daily newspaper. Proc. Speech Input/Output Assessment and Speech Databases, Vol.2, 223-226
@inproceedings{bezooijen89b_sioa,
author={Renée van Bezooijen},
title={{Evaluation of the suitability of Dutch text-to-speech conversion for application in a digital daily newspaper}},
year=1989,
booktitle={Proc. Speech Input/Output Assessment and Speech Databases},
pages={Vol.2, 223-226}
}