TY - GEN
T1 - Text-to-speech reading assistant device with scene text locator for the blind
AU - Goto, Hideaki
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - One of the most anticipated devices for the blind is probably a wearable camera capable of translating the captured scene text into an alternative representation such as speech. However, finding signboards and capturing the text images in a form suitable for character recognition is difficult for the blind. We propose a framework of reading assistant device with a scene text locator that shows the text location by sound signals. By using a pair of base/offset notes, the accuracy of text localization has become much higher compared with our previous system.
AB - One of the most anticipated devices for the blind is probably a wearable camera capable of translating the captured scene text into an alternative representation such as speech. However, finding signboards and capturing the text images in a form suitable for character recognition is difficult for the blind. We propose a framework of reading assistant device with a scene text locator that shows the text location by sound signals. By using a pair of base/offset notes, the accuracy of text localization has become much higher compared with our previous system.
KW - OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
KW - Reading assistant
KW - Scene text detection
KW - Text locator
KW - Text-to-speech
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-304-9-702
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-304-9-702
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84889029193
SN - 9781614993032
T3 - Assistive Technology Research Series
SP - 702
EP - 707
BT - Assistive Technology
A2 - Encarnacao, Pedro
A2 - Azevedo, Luis
A2 - Gelderblom, Gert Jan
A2 - Newell, Alan
A2 - Mathiassen, Niels-Erik
ER -