Punjabi University develops ?text-to-speech? software for people with vision disabilities
Asia-Pacific Dec 24, 2012
PATIALA, INDIA: Panjabi University, Patiala, has developed a ?text-to-speech? software using which people with vision disabilities will be able to hear any text written in Punjabi. The TTS software will be the first one to translate other languages into Punjabi and convert the text into speech.
Funded by the department of science and technology, the TTS system has been developed by the computer science department of the Punjabi University.
Dr Gurpreet Singh Lehal, who was part of the team that developed the software, said, ?The system can be used as an add-on tool embedded with web browsers that will enable computers to read a website in Punjabi language.?
?The system can translate languages, including Hindi and English into Punjabi,? said Lehal.
He added that the total project cost came around to Rs 19 lakh.
Lehal said in a book was to be heard, it would have to be first scanned and then use a computer fitted with the software to convert the text into speech.
IIT, Hyderabad, was the first institution to develop such a system. The IIT had developed TTS system for Hindi.
?The system will also be a great help to all the persons with cognitive disabilities like dyslexia (difficulty reading),?attention deficit disorder, and learning disabilities in general,? Lehal added.
The university authorities are expected submit their project to the Union government in the first week of January and also put the software on its official website. The software can be downloaded from the university website from January, 2013.
Source: The Times of India
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