Our project reduces total cost of ownership of a computer for a blind Linux user. We accomplished this by making an existing screen reader (Speakup) able to communicate with an existing text-to-speech program (Festival). A set of open-source programs are now available that allows a blind user to interact with a Linux terminal without the need for expensive speech synthesis hardware.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Smith, Owen Patrick
• Pinney, Nicholas Andrew
• Shultz, Abraham M.

Subject

• Health
• Inclusion
• Well-Being
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 03E001I

Keyword

• Application software--Development
• People with disabilities
• Assistive computer technology

Advisor

• Ciaraldi, Michael J.

Year

• 2003

Date created

• 2003-01-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright