A field study with 24 visually impaired subjects was carried out to evaluate the suitability of two text-to-speech systems for making audible a daily national newspaper in the Netherlands. The users were found to be able to handle the reading machine and understand the synthetic speech in a fairly short time. Despite some shortcomings, the new facility was valued highly. Plans are now being developed to extend the choice from one newspaper to several and to also offer specialized magazines in this form.
Cite as: Bezooijen, R.v., Jongenburger, W. (1993) Evaluation of an electronic newspaper for the blind in the netherlands. Proc. Speech and Language Technology for Disabled Persons, 195-198
@inproceedings{bezooijen93_sltdp,
author={Renee van Bezooijen and Willy Jongenburger},
title={{Evaluation of an electronic newspaper for the blind in the netherlands}},
year=1993,
booktitle={Proc. Speech and Language Technology for Disabled Persons},
pages={195--198}
}