Presentation	2005/1/21 A Study on Speech Interface for Blind Persons A Survey on Properties of Speech Adopted by the Users of Screen Readers Tetsuya WATANABE,
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Abstract(in English)	As speech works the interface between computers and their blind users, its properties considerably affects the efficiency of their manipulation. Thus, the properties of speech adopted by the users of screen readers were surveyed to present basic data on the needs of improvements of speech synthesizers. The result shows (1) most respondents adjusted the speed of speech to the fastest, (2) most respondents did not change the default pitch of the voice (middle height), (3) more than 80% of the respondents set the sex of the speaker to the male voice.
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Keyword(in English)	Blind People / Speech Interface / Speed of Speech / Pitch / Sex of the Speaker
Paper #	TL2004-38,WIT2004-62
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Committee	WIT
Conference Date	2005/1/21(1days)
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Language	JPN
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Title (in English)	A Study on Speech Interface for Blind Persons A Survey on Properties of Speech Adopted by the Users of Screen Readers
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Keyword(1)	Blind People
Keyword(2)	Speech Interface
Keyword(3)	Speed of Speech
Keyword(4)	Pitch
Keyword(5)	Sex of the Speaker
1st Author's Name	Tetsuya WATANABE
1st Author's Affiliation	National Institute of Special Education()
Date	2005/1/21
Paper #	TL2004-38,WIT2004-62
Volume (vol)	vol.104
Number (no)	639
Page	pp.pp.-
#Pages	6
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