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NVDA e-Speak Text-to-Speech Project Update (March 2014)
https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/nvda-e-speak-update-march-2014
<b>CIS in partnership with the Daisy Forum of India is engaged in a project supported by The Hans Foundation to develop enhancements to the open source screen reader for Windows NVDA (Non Visual desktop Access) and e-Speak text-to-speech synthesiser in 15 Indian languages.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Under the NVDA project, we have been working in the past year on issues relating to Excel, Power Point and MS Outlook. The issues which have been fixed are:</p>
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<li>3680 : Read all formula in excel sheet (NVDA+f7).</li>
<li>3681 : Read all comments in excel sheet (NVDA+f7).</li>
<li>Finished implementation for 'viewing modes' supported like Cells-Flat, Row-Cells, Column-Cells, etc.</li>
<li>Pressing NVDA+f7 will print a dialog box. This has a choice to show cells with comment or formula. Pressing 'Enter' at any selection in the tree will close dialog and select cell or area.</li>
<li>3231: NVDA incorrectly speaks previously entered but later deleted characters when the space bar is pressed in PowerPoint.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">#3538: Office 2010, NVDA now reads the selected symbols in the insert|symbols dialog box in Word and Excel 2010.</li>
<li>#2921: In Excel, NVDA will say 'has comment' if the cell has a comment in it.</li>
<li>#3043 : In Excel, Ctrl+A doesn't notify the change in selection.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">#1938 : In word 2007 and 2010, NVDA does not automatically speak the error text in the spell checker dialog after the first time the dialog is launched if the focus is already in the error text field.</li>
<li>Ctrl + Up and Down arrows in Word now skip blank paragraphs.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; ">#3431: Spell check in Word 2010 now reads the correct context error text instead of reading all bolded text in the context.</li>
<li>#3290: Bulleted text is now correctly read with Ctrl+Up and Down arrows.</li>
<li>#1686: Protected documents are now read in Word 2010.</li>
<li>#649: Status bar in Word Office 2010 is now read.</li>
<li>#2816: Auto complete suggested contacts in Outlook 2010 are now read.</li>
<li>2047: Language detection in Word is available now.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Some of these fixes are available in NVDA and can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.nvaccess.org">www.nvaccess.org</a>. The info about these fixes can be checked in what’s new section of the application at the website.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We have also been working on some documentation for the project, primarily FAQs to cater to the community’s needs for users switching from Jaws to NVDA which is available at <a class="external-link" href="http://code.google.com/p/saksham-projects/wiki/Tutorials">http://code.google.com/p/saksham-projects/wiki/Tutorials.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The project wiki is available at <a href="http://code.google.com/p/saksham-projects/wiki/WikiContrib">http://code.google.com/p/saksham-projects/wiki/WikiContrib.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">We are also working on the development of e-speak text-to-speech synthesisers for the following languages:</p>
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<li>Hindi, </li>
<li>Bengali, </li>
<li>Telugu, </li>
<li>Malayalam, </li>
<li>Sindhi, </li>
<li>Punjabi, </li>
<li>Gujrati, </li>
<li>Oriya, </li>
<li>Asamese and </li>
<li>Manipuri.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">They are all in different stages of development. We are near to closing our work on Gujrati this month. The issues which we have worked on are:</p>
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<li>Introduction of Gujarati in e-speak.</li>
<li>The following issues were identified by the reviewer and closed:</li>
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<li>Character support for Gujarati language was introduced.</li>
<li>Introduced rules for Gujarati language.</li>
<li>Gujarati numbers have been introduced and set according to the feedback received. </li>
<li>Several other changes made.</li>
<li>Fixed the R sound which was sounding inappropriate when at the end of a word.Fixed the number sound 200 according to the feedback received.</li>
<li>Problems with half characters where the half characters come before the same full character have been fixed.</li>
<li>e-Speak could not join sounds of these two characters: ka, ch, tta, ta.</li>
<li> The character name of the character [anna] has been modified according to the feedback received.</li>
<li>Number 2 has been modified when it comes as the third character from the right. </li>
<li>The name of two characters: [Hnna], [ ણ ], [adda] [ ડ઼ ] was modified according to the feedback received. </li>
<li>The phoneme sound of letter [Gnna] [ જ્ઞ ] has been modified according to feedback received.</li>
<li>Phoneme [ra] [ર] has been improved because at the end of a Word it was pronounced wrongly.</li>
<li>When [Va] [વ] comes at the end of the word the matra was sounding wrong. This has been fixed.</li>
<li>Incorrect pronnounciations: All words which ended with "Va" like Sarva Maanava Daanava Sarva Kharava Jakhava, etc., have been fixed. </li>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/nvda-e-speak-update-march-2014'>https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/nvda-e-speak-update-march-2014</a>
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No publishersumanE-SpeakAccessibilityText-to-SpeechNVDA2014-04-09T06:27:07ZBlog EntryKonkani voice to guide the blind
https://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/the-times-of-india-garuee-malkarnekar-august-9-2015-konkani-voice-to-guide-the-blind
<b>Those visually-impaired and well-versed only with the language of Konkani, now need not worry. Neither their blindness nor the language barrier will come between them and the use of mobile phones, computers and other technology.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The article by Gauree Malkarnekar was <a class="external-link" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Konkani-voice-to-guide-the-blind/articleshow/48407716.cms">published in the Times of India</a> on August 9, 2015.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">Konkani will soon join 50-odd languages from across the globe, whose text will be recognized by the online engines for the visually impaired that converts text on mobile phone and computer screens into speech, enabling the blind to use the devices. The bank of sounds of Konkani alphabets for this purpose has been developed by Delhi-based NGO Saksham with the help of staffers of Goa's state central library at Patto, Panaji.<br /> <br /> Users will be able to take the benefit of the initiative and have Konkani texts read out to them by making use of the open source or free for use text to speech engine eSpeak.<br /> <br /> "Saksham, under Centre for Internet Society in Bangalore, is on the quest to enable text in all Indian languages to be converted into speech for the visually-impaired. We approached them to begin work on Konkani as we realized that while Romi Konkani can be read out because of its Roman alphabets, there was no correct pronunciation of the Devanagri Konkani sounds. The Marathi and Hindi alphabets have a different sound," said Taha Haaziq, incharge of the resource room for the disabled at Goa's central library.<br /> <br /> A staffer of the library spoke out the entire range of sounds of Devanagri Konkani alphabets, which was recorded and sent by the library to the NGO in Delhi in January, based on which the sounds for use on eSpeak were developed.<br /> <br /> "Work is nearly complete and Konkani speaking visually-impaired the world over will be able to benefit from this initiative. Regular Konkani speakers who prefer to use the text to speech option on their mobile phones instead of reading can also make use of Konkani version of eSpeak," said Haaziq.<br /> <br /> The text to speech will also help the blind in the use of refreshable Braille display, which enables the visually-impaired to use computers as the display text on their screens are read out to them, in this case, now in Konkani said Central library curator Carlos Fernandes.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/the-times-of-india-garuee-malkarnekar-august-9-2015-konkani-voice-to-guide-the-blind'>https://cis-india.org/accessibility/news/the-times-of-india-garuee-malkarnekar-august-9-2015-konkani-voice-to-guide-the-blind</a>
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No publisherpraskrishnaAccessibilityNVDA2015-10-04T06:53:52ZNews ItemTraining in eSpeak Marathi
https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/training-in-espeak-marathi
<b>NVDA team conducted a training programme in Marathi language on August 22 and 23, 2015 at Atmadepam Society in Nagpur. Twenty-two participants attended. Harshad Jadhav was the trainer.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Atmadepam Society, Nagpur conducted a 1st of its kind workshop for the use of Espeak with Marathi at its campus from the 22nd to 23rd August 2015. This workshop was mostly attended by students pursuing higher studies in Marathi and Inn-Service Blind.<br /><br />The workshop began with understanding the needs of the participants. Most of them expressed the need to learn Marathi typing to enhance their job prospects in the government sector.<br /><br />This was followed by a session introducing different advantages of NVDA over other screen readers. Installation of NVDA was than demonstrated, followed by a hands-on session of the same for all the participants.<br /><br />Post lunch the participants were guided for installing eSpeak for Indian Languages, which was followed by a detailed understanding of the Marathi keyboard layout.<br /><br />Day 2 started with a revision of learnings from day 1, followed by extensive practice of the keyboard.<br /><br />Post lunch, participants were given information about different sources of obtaining Accessible Reading materials. Bookshare and its benefits were introduced as a part of the reading solutions. This was followed by dissemination of information about the ADIP scheme of the Government of India.<br /><br />The workshop ended with a session on feedback, where in students expressed their deep satisfaction after achieving their goal of Reading and writing in Marathi.<br /><br /></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/training-in-espeak-marathi'>https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/training-in-espeak-marathi</a>
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No publishernirmitaAccessibilityNVDA2015-10-04T07:33:30ZBlog EntryReport on use of eSpeak Bengali with NVDA
https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-use-of-espeak-bengali-with-nvda
<b>NVDA team conducted a training programme at Turnstone Matruchaya, Siligudi, West Bengal from September 7 to 9, 2015. Fourteen delegates attended. Nirmal Verma was the language trainer.</b>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Day 1</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Turnstone Matruchaya is an NGO working for the upliftment of Blind and other under privileged sections of the society. Located in midst of tea gardens, Turnstone Matruchaya had a perfect location for conducting a traning session.<br /><br />The workshop was attended by 14 computer teachers and special educators for the blind. The participants came from Sikkim, Darjeling, various districts of West Bengal etc. The participants had some idea about NVDA, though support for indian languages was a new concept for them. There was a lot of excitement and enthusiasm for learning to read and write in Bengali and Hindi.<br /><br />The workshop started with a round of introductions, where in each participant also spelt out his or her needs and expectations from the workshop. Most of them expressed the need for learning about an alternative screen reader, which would help them read and write in their vernacular language.<br /><br />This was followed by understanding the benefits of NVDA in comparision to other screen readers. The participants were taken for a brief tour of the NVDA home page and explained the process of downloading the installer for NVDA.<br /><br />A hands on demonstration was given about installation of NVDA, followed by the participants installing NVDA on their systems.<br /><br />This was followed by introduction to the menus of NVDA, and their utility. Each participant was instructed to configure NVDA, as per their requirements. They were instructed to select a suitable voice variant and rate, and also make certain changes in the keyboard and mouce settings.<br /><br />They were than given Bengali text to read. This text was taken from a Bengali daily newspaper. All the participants were very comfortable with the Espeak TTS, and were able to comprehend the text.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Day 2</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Day 2 started with introduction to the Bengali keyboard, followed by practice of typing words and sentences. The afternoon session was dedicated to writing practice, which was followed by a session on Bookshare as a source of accessible reading material.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Day 3</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Day 3 began with a revision session for Bengali keystrokes. This was followed by a session on using Espeak on Android. Various other features of the Android platform were also demonstrated during the session.<br /><br />The afternoon session was dedicated to giving information about different schemes for the benefit of the Blind. The participants were informed about the ADIP scheme, Loan scheme of Saksham, E-card scheme of Railways etc.<br /><br />The workshop ended with a feed back session. All the participants expressed their deep gratitude for the workshop and have promised to send their feedback on a regular basis.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-use-of-espeak-bengali-with-nvda'>https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-use-of-espeak-bengali-with-nvda</a>
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No publishernirmitaNVDAAccessibilityE-Speak2015-11-09T15:57:18ZBlog EntryBangla eSpeak training with NVDA
https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/bangla-e-speak-training-with-nvda-december-2014
<b>The NVDA team conducted an eSpeak training in Bangla on December 19 and 20, 2014 at Blind Empowerment Foundation (BEA) in Kolkata.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The host BEA, had invited 15 teachers and Computer trainers from all across Kolkata and 1 participant was from NAB Jamshedpur. The event was ably supported by two volunteers who helped in the Bengali typing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The event began with the round of introductions of the participants. The participants also expressed various reasons for participating in the workshop during the introduction. This was than followed by introduction to NVDA and the importance of an Open Source software compared to piracy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Out of the 15 participants, only two of the participants were using NVDA in their daily use. Hence the session began with the installation of NVDA and its basic configurations and settings. This was followed by the installation of eSpeak and a demonstration was given as to how to use eSpeak for different language options.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Participants were also shown the different advantages of NVDA, in comparison to other screen readers. This demonstration was received very well by most of the participants, as they had never expected NVDA to perform as well.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The post lunch session was dedicated to reading in Bengali. Each participant was given a word file containing current news items in Bengali. The participants started understanding the eSpeak TTS, but showed some reservations regarding its voice. It was explained in detail the reason for the same and why it was important to introduce NVDA with eSpeak to their students at the initial stage of their training in computers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The host were very generous in their arrangements for lunch and other refreshments. All the participants enjoyed the hospitality, which included a generous serving of the Bengali fish.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Day 2 started with solving querries from day 1 and than typing was introduced using the Bengali Varnmala typing method. Participants were very receptive to this method and were able to type small sentences withing a few minutes. The volunteers who were helping with the typing also emphasized on special words which included special characters.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The post lunch session was dedicated to problem solving and introduction to various Aids and Appliances. The participants were also informed about the ADIP scheme and the appliances available under it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The workshop was concluded with a round of photos and thanks from the trainers and the hosts.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/bangla-e-speak-training-with-nvda-december-2014'>https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/bangla-e-speak-training-with-nvda-december-2014</a>
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No publishernirmitaAccessibilityNVDA2015-07-20T15:02:25ZBlog EntryTelugu eSpeak Training with NVDA
https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/telugu-e-speak-training-with-nvda-december-2014
<b>NVDA team conducted a two-day workshop at the Hyderabad Central University (HCU) for lecturers and students for reading and writing in Telugu using eSpeak with NVDA on December 1 and 2, 2014.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A total of 27 participants attended the programme, which was organized by Anavaram, AP – HCU and member of Empowerment Cell of HCU. <br />The event was inaugurated by the Pro. VC of HCU Haribabu and Dr. Rajgopal Chairman, Empowerment Cell, HCU.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The event focused on the following points:</p>
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<li>Introduction to NVDA as a Screen Reader.</li>
<li>Advantages of Espeak.</li>
<li>Use of Espeak to access various content in regional languages.</li>
<li>Installation of NVDA.</li>
<li>Configuration of NVDA.</li>
<li>Installation of Espeak.</li>
<li>Reading in Telugu.</li>
<li>Writing in Telugu using Phonetic and Inscript keyboards.</li>
<li>Writing in Hindi using Phonetic and Inscript keyboards.</li>
<li>Demonstration of various aids and appliances.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The Telugu reading and writing sessions were conducted by Hanardhan Naidu, Telugu Espeak Tester. His contribution was acknowledged by one and all present.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Further sessions for eSpeak Telugu will be planned for Vijaywada in January 2015, by Janardhan Naidu.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The sessions were welcome by the participants, stating that eSpeak Telugu and Hindi will help them in their studies as many students were pursuing their graduation and post graduation in Telugu and Hindi. Till date they did not have any other source of reading or writing in the stated languages and hence had to depend upon readers for their studies. They also appreciated the fact that by reading and writing in Telugu and Hindi, it will enhance their chances for government and PSU employment.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/telugu-e-speak-training-with-nvda-december-2014'>https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/telugu-e-speak-training-with-nvda-december-2014</a>
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No publishernirmitaAccessibilityNVDA2015-07-20T14:59:38ZBlog EntryReport on Training in the use of eSpeak Oriya with NVDA
https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-in-use-of-e-speak-oriya-with-nvda
<b>NVDA team from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted this workshop at Orrisa Association for the Blind, Bhubaneswar from February 8 to 10, 2015. Thirty six individuals attended the training.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The workshop received an overwhelming response from participants. The participants acknowledged the importance of Oriya support for their career growth. This was evident from the excitement and curiosity of the participants to read and type in Oriya language.<br /><br />The eSpeak training was preceded by a Career Counselling Workshop, which highlighted the importance of reading and writing in the local vernacular language for a career growth.<br /><br />The main challenge faced during the training was that there was virtually no material available in Oriya on the internet in Unicode font, for the participants to practice reading. Hence, the participants had to first learn typing and then create their own sentences to read.<br /><br />The training was conducted by Ganshyam Mohante, who also was the tester for Oriya language.<br /><br />The inauguration was attended by the whole managing committee of Orrisa Association for the Blind.<br /><br />Orrisa Association for the Blind is also very keen on organizing a 15 day follow up programme, where more delegates could be trained in reading and writing in Oriya, along with the knowledge of using computers.<br /><br /></p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-in-use-of-e-speak-oriya-with-nvda'>https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-in-use-of-e-speak-oriya-with-nvda</a>
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No publishernirmitaAccessibilityNVDA2015-03-18T17:05:46ZBlog EntryTraining in eSpeak Hindi
https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/training-in-e-speak-hindi
<b>NVDA team conducted a workshop at Jeevan Jyoti School for the Blind, Varanasi from August 26 to 28, 2015. Eighty five students and 13 teachers took part in the training programme.</b>
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<th>Pictured above: Trainer is explaining the concepts of NVDA to the students</th>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">This workshop had special focus on training the teachers who teach the Blind students of Jeevan Jyoti School, Varanasi and Special Educators, who are being trained in the School for Special Educators at Jeevan Jyoti Institute, Varanasi. The workshop was also attended by senior students of the Jeevan Jyoti Blind school. It was observed that there was a lot of enthusiasm for learning amongst the students and staff. The students wanted to learn Hindi Reading and Writing for reading a lot of Hindi material, which is being produced at the School. The staff wanted to learn Hindi writing for creating documents for their blind students. The Jeevan Jyoti school has an integrated format, where in it caters to about 200 students, of whom about 80 are girls with visual impairment.<br /><br />The event started with a welcome song by the senior girls, followed by an understanding of the needs of the participants. This was followed by detailed understanding of NVDA and its comparision to other screen readers. The participants were guided towards the steps for downloading the latest build of NVDA from its website. They were than given detailed instructions for installing NVDA. All the participants than installed NVDA onn their respective systems. This was followed by explanation of the different menus of NVDA. The participants were than encouraged to read hindi text. The initial reactions of the students was as expected. Some could understand the text spoken out by Espeak, and some found it difficult to comprehend.<br /><br />On the 2nd day the participants were given detailed understanding of the Inscript keyboard. They were made to practice all the keys, followed by typing small words followed by short sentences. The participants were than updated about the different sources of reading, including Bookshare. They were guided as to how to become a member of Bookshare. Details were also given about DFI and the Common Catlogue on the DFI website. The participants were than given information about the different reading solutions, including the Android platform. They were also given information about the ADIP scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice. The ADIP forms were also given to the management, for them to fill up for all the blind students studying in Jeevan Jyoti.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify; ">The 3rd day was dedicated to the teachers and students of the Special Educators school, where in they were updated about Modern Techniques for Teaching the Blind.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/training-in-e-speak-hindi'>https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/training-in-e-speak-hindi</a>
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No publishernirmitaAccessibilityNVDA2015-09-03T14:41:13ZBlog EntryReport on Training in eSpeak Marathi
https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-in-e-speak-marathi
<b>The NVDA team conducted a training at SIES College, Sion, Mumbai on June 28, 2015. Thirty-four delegates attended the training programme. Harshad Jadhav was the trainer.</b>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Voice Vision conducted workshops on June 27 and 28, 2015 for persons with visual impairment in Mumbai. These workshops were in partnership of National Association for the Blind (NAB) Delhi which has been a pioneer in the spread of Assistive Technology for the blind and Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) Bengaluru which has been conducting the project for development of Indian Language support for eSpeak TTS (Text-to-Speech) which is bundled as the default TTS with NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access). The workshops were held at SIES college of Arts, Science & Commerce, Sion, Mumbai.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The inauguration of the event was done by the Chief Guest from the social justice & special assistance ministry, Yashwant More, Regional Deputy Commissioner, Department of Social Welfare, Konkan Bhavan.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">This was followed by the training session on NVDA which was conducted by the CEO of NAB Delhi himself, Dr. Homiyar Mobedji. It was a practical training session for the participants on how technology can be used for the non-visual access of computers. Dr. Homiyar and his team along with the zeal of the participants to learn about NVDA made it a wonderful session as recorded from the feedback received.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The NVDA training was followed by a lunch break. Post the lunch break there was a session on eSpeak TTS in Marathi language and was conducted by Harshad Jadhav, Marathi Tester for the eSpeak project.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">A total of 34 people attended the workshop held on the June 27, 2015 at SIES college of Arts, Science & Commerce, Sion, Mumbai.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">The workshop saw participation from people from every walk of life, students, job seekers, special educators and the like. More than 45% of the attendants were students and 12% of them were trainers in professional life. <br /><br />Forty-nine per cent of the attendants said their overall experience with the workshop was excellent, 43 per cent said it was very good while 8 per cent of the attendants felt their overall experience to be good.<br /><br /> Sixty-three per cent believed that the workshop was highly helpful for them personally and professionally, while 37 per cent believed that the workshop was surely helpful somewhat suggesting that they were very much satisfied with the workshops. <br /><br />A whopping 74 per cent of the respondents were highly impressed by the trainer and termed him ‘excellent’, 23 per cent said he was very good and 3% said he was good.<br /><br />Ninety-one per cent of the respondents were overwhelmed by the quality of work put in by our volunteers and termed them ‘excellent’. Nine per cent said the volunteers were very good.<br /><br />Fifty-one per cent people regarded the content material provided as excellent, 34 per cent said the material was very good whereas 15 per cent said it was good.</p>
<p style="text-align: center; "><img src="https://cis-india.org/home-images/Workshop.png" alt="Workshop" class="image-inline" title="Workshop" /></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify; ">Learnings from the Workshop</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Forty-two per cent of the respondents felt that the Marathi typing session which was conducted would immensely help them in their career and the overall response was that all the activities which happened in the workshops would help them in their profession.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; ">Thirty-seven per cent of the respondents were satisfied with the workshop content and thought nothing more is required. Some other responses were directed towards need for more of such workshops as well as workshops in various other regional languages.</p>
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For more details visit <a href='https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-in-e-speak-marathi'>https://cis-india.org/accessibility/blog/report-on-training-in-e-speak-marathi</a>
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No publishernirmitaNVDAAccessibilityE-Speak2015-07-16T01:48:09ZBlog Entry