Interactive talking books for the blind on CD-ROM

Author

Nielson, Gregory ; Harvey, Greg

Author_Institution

Express-way Software Inc., Columbia, MD, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1-5 Feb 1992

Firstpage

181

Lastpage

184

Abstract

Braille and audio-recorded materials do not meet the information needs of the blind today. Interactive information on CD-ROM can benefit hundreds of thousands of blind persons who are at a disadvantage with the types of information services now in use. The goal is to provide reference, educational, and leisure reading materials to the blind and visually impaired on CD-ROM disks. Using a simple-to-operate and inexpensive consumer CD-ROM platform, the authors can supply indexed reading material which is spoken by a computer or recorded human voice. The individual would use a simple remote control to respond to spoken menus, for selecting material of interest

Keywords

CD-ROMs; audio recording; audio systems; full-text databases; handicapped aids; indexing; information needs; interactive systems; literature; speech synthesis; CD-ROM; blind people; indexed reading material; information needs; information services; interactive talking books; recorded human voice; remote control; spoken menus; visually impaired people; Analog computers; Books; CD-ROMs; Encyclopedias; Explosions; Human voice; Information resources; Libraries; Proposals; Read only memory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing Applications to Assist Persons with Disabilities, 1992., Proceedings of the Johns Hopkins National Search for

Conference_Location

Laurel, MD

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2730-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAAPWD.1992.217373

Filename

217373