[nabs-l] Fwd: Video Description Survey 2011 - Text-to-Speech Preferences

[Josh Kennedy]

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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>



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.

February 16, 2011

Video Description Survey 2011 – Text-to-Speech Preferences

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.

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.

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:

_http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/461112/3i40b
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Best,

Mary

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Mary Watkins
Director of Communications
and Outreach
Media Access Group at WGBH
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