VOICE PROJECT - European Commission Joint Research Centre
Address
CCR-723
ISPRA
I-21020
Italy, Italian Republic
Contact Details
Contact Name : Mr Giuliano Pirelli
Telephone : + 39 0332 785113
Email : voice@jrc.it
Website : voice.jrc.it
Organisation Details
European Commission Joint Research Centre:
THE VOICE PROJECT: Giving a VOICE to the deaf by developing awareness of VOICE to text recognition capabilities
The VOICE Project proposed the promotion of automatic recognition of speech in conversation, conferences, television broadcasts and telephone calls, with their translation into PC screen messages. It has developed prototypes of user friendly interfaces allowing an easier use of commercial products in translating the spoken voice into PC screen messages and subtitles. This is a powerful help for people with hearing impairment, reducing the gap between them and the hearing world.
VOICE organised a series of conferences in order to develop an awareness rising process. Approximately 6,000 participants attended the workshops, in which a prototype of automatic subtitling was presented and used for live subtitling the speeches, as a demonstration of feasibility and a way of validation on the field.
VOICE collaborated with the European Normalisation Committee CENELEC and the European Broadcasting Union to improve harmonisation of subtitling across European TV broadcasting. At present it is collaborating with the Royal National Institute for the Deaf and the European Federation of Hard Of Hearing in spreading the results of this initiative.
As extension of the application field, the SESAMONET Project (SEcure and SAfe MObility NET) aims to develop an integrated system, to increase mobility of people with visual disability, by identifying a secure path to walk through selected areas, adding independence to their life.
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