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  1. Multi-language Speech Synthesis for Voice Output Communication Aids using Eloquence

    SBC: Eloquent Technology, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    Many speech- and visually-impaired individuals can benefit from text-to-speech systems for unlimited vocabulary speech synthesis. The demands on these systems are especially severe in the case of voice output communication aids (VOCAs) for speech-impaired individuals, since the speech produced substitutes for a speaker's own voice. VOCA quality thus depends not only on intelligibility, but on th ...

    SBIR Phase II 1997 Department of Education
  2. A Beginning Sign Language VideoCourse for Hearing Adult Learners

    SBC: The Masters Group            Topic: N/A

    This Phase I project will consist of a fesibility study in preparation for Phase II project in which a complete 20-hour sign language videocourse will be produced reflecting the entry level skills, learning styles, learning preferences, and sign-processing strategies of hearing adult beginning learners. The primary hearing populations for this instruction are (a) current and prospective teachers ...

    SBIR Phase II 1997 Department of Education
  3. PEN-SIZE PAPER CURRENCY READER

    SBC: APPLIED SCIENCES LABORATORY, INC.            Topic: N/A

    DIFFERENTIATING AMONG THE DENOMINATIONS OF U.S. CURRENCY IS A PROBLEM FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE DEVICES THAT ASSIST THE BLIND IN DETERMINING CURRENCY DENOMINATIONS ARE RELATIVELY LARGE AND EXPENSIVE. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IS A SYSTEMATIC APPLICATION OF PATTERN RECOGNITION AND MICRO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP A PEN-SIZE PAPER CURRENCY READER. RECENT AD ...

    SBIR Phase II 1994 Department of Education
  4. PORTABLE ADAPTIVE READING MACHINE (PARM)

    SBC: Automated Functions, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    THE PORTABLE ADAPTIVE READING MACHINE (PARM) SYSTEM WILL ENABLE A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON TO READ PRINTED TEXT AT ANY LOCATION. THE PRINTED TEXT MAY BE SPOKEN OR READ IN BRAILLE. THE SYSTEM IS BASED UPON A LAPTOP COMPUTER AND A HAND-HELD OPTICAL SCANNER. THE LAPTOP COMPUTER IS EQUIPPED WITH A SPEECH SYNTHESIZER OR REFRESHABLE BRAILLE DISPLAY. THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON PULLS THE HAND-HELD SCANN ...

    SBIR Phase II 1991 Department of Education
  5. DEVELOPMENT OF A SAFETY SYSTEM FOR WHEELCHAIR-BOUND SCHOOL BUS PASSENGERS

    SBC: HARTLEY ASSOCIATES, INC.            Topic: N/A

    WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANTS IN SCHOOL BUSES ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO INJURY IN EVEN MODERATE SPEED CRASHES BECAUSE OF THE OPEN ENVIRNOMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE BEING TRANSPORTED TODAY. IT IS COMMON PRACTICE TO TRANSPORT THIS WHEELCHAIR BOUND POPULATION FACING SIDEWAYS IN VANS AND BUSES. THIS SIDE-FACING ORIENTATION EXPOSES THE WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANT TO ADISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF DANGER IN THE EVENT OF FRON ...

    SBIR Phase II 1991 Department of Education
  6. DEVELOP AN INTERACTIVE-LEARNING EXPERIENCE USING GAMING TECHNIQUES, ANIMATION, GRAPHICS, SIMULATIONS, AND ON-LINE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL TO CONVEY DRUG EDUCATION TO STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS

    SBC: VANGUARD RESEARCH, INC.            Topic: N/A

    VANGUARD RESEARCH INC. (VRI), PROPOSES TO DESIGN AND DEVELOPAN INTERACTIVE-LEARNING DEVICE TO EDUCATE AND ENTERTAIN WHILE PROVIDING INFORMATION ON DRUG TYPES, DRUG EFFECTS ON THE BODY, PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF STREET DRUGS, AND SIMULATEDPEER-PRESSURE ACTIONS COMBINED WITH POSITIVE REACTIONS, FOR COMBATTING DRUG USE AND ADDICTION. THE COMPUTER AIDED INTERACTIVE-SIMULATION WILL INCLUDE LEARNER OPTIONS ...

    SBIR Phase II 1991 Department of Education
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