Developing an open source speech engine that Wikipedia can use freely by anyone

ByU. S. Embassy London

Wikipedia isRoyal Swedish Technical University (KTH)It was announced that it plans to develop an English-Arabic-Swedish speech engine by 2017, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It is intended to read the content of the article, so it will be optimized for Wikipedia, but similarMediaWikiIt is expected to be similarly available on every site you adopt.

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The project is aiming at visually impaired peopleDyslexia (literacy problem)Even people of Wikipedia can access Wikipedia.

Professor Joaquim Gustafsson specializing in speech technology at KTH initially started with Swedish as their language, followed by the schedule for English and Arabic. According to Wikipedia Sweden, 125 million people a month, approximately 25% of people are seeking a reading function.

Audio output is synthesized speech, in the form of cloud source borrowed from user. According to the rules of Wikimedia Commons, the product is provided as anyone can use it for free.

After completing correspondence to the first Swedish, English and Arabic language, correspondence will be proceeded also about other 280 languages ​​of Wikipedia from around September 2017.