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International Journal of Advanced Computer Research (IJACR)

ISSN (Print):2249-7277    ISSN (Online):2277-7970
Volume-4 Issue-14 March-2014
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Paper Title : Hands Free Browser-‘An Interactive Speech Browser for Visually Handicapped’
Author Name : Sachin Kapoor, Kanika Mittal, Adit Gupta
Abstract :

These days the technology of browsing through voice is increasing rapidly. The paper concentrate on voice based approach of browsing rather than operating on textual mode, which uses speech recognition and speech synthesis methods or algorithms to implement speech technology. Now-a-days the learning over the web has become an important mode of education. However, the persons with no vision i.e. blind persons who represent a major population can’t access the content over the web efficiently in the current browsers, as they are unable to see the different links which are present in the web pages. This paper propose a system which allows these people to access the web, it comprises of various modules, such as: Speech Recognition, Speech Synthesis, Text to Braille and Braille to Text conversion. The paper also summarizes the algorithms used for above modules.

Keywords : Speech Recognition, Braille, Speech Synthesis, CELP, HMM, DTW, MBROLA.
Cite this article : Sachin Kapoor, Kanika Mittal, Adit Gupta, " Hands Free Browser-‘An Interactive Speech Browser for Visually Handicapped’ " , International Journal of Advanced Computer Research (IJACR), Volume-4, Issue-14, March-2014 ,pp.368-374.