[mountainstate] Fw: [acb-l] FW: [Jobs] Fwd: Video Description Survey 2011 -Text-to-SpeechPreferences

[donna brown]

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> Subject: Video Description Survey 2011 - Text-to-Speech Preferences
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:10:56 -0500
> From: Mary Watkins <mary_watkins at wgbh.org>
> To: SpeechSynth2 at mail4.wgbh.org <SpeechSynth2 at mail4.wgbh.org>
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> Hello friends of DVS. Please see the invitation below to participate in
> an online survey. Feel free to forward this posting as you see fit to
> friends, colleagues and other lists. Thank you.
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> February 16, 2011
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> Video Description Survey 2011 - Text-to-Speech Preferences
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> IBM Research-Japan and WGBH's Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National
> Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) are conducting a joint study on the
> applicability of speech synthesis for video description. This is the
> second survey we are conducting as part of this study to solicit
> reactions to the use of synthesized speech to deliver descriptions of
> informational Web content. This study will ask you to evaluate different
> options for text-to-speech (TTS) description placement, content, length
> and speed.
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> Though we are conducting this study, WGBH does not intend to substitute
> synthesized speech for human voices on the programs and movies we
> currently describe. Rather, we are focusing on the potential of using
> TTS technologies to increase the overall amount of described Web-based
> media.
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> The survey, accessible via screen-reading software, should take 45-60
> minutes. We are eager to hear your opinions, and are grateful for your
> time and assistance. The survey is posted at this site:
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> _http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/461112/3i40b
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> Best,
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> Mary
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> Mary Watkins
> Director of Communications
> and Outreach
> Media Access Group at WGBH
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