“An assistive tech developer is incorporating MP3 technology
in its solution set for people with print-related disabilities.
Premiere Assistive Technology is offering what it calls a
‘universal learning device’ which allows people to carry a
two-inch MP3 device that can be plugged into a computer’s
USB port to provide access to speech enabled ‘talking’
software.
The product, dubbed ‘The Key to Access,’ is designed to
make computers or laptops accessible to vision or
print-impaired people at a much lower cost than machines
that are specially equipped for people who have difficulty
reading.
Premiere will pre-load a Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine from
Cepstral Inc. onto each Key-to-Access device. Cepstral’s
synthetic TTS voices will then provide an audio interface
for various Premier software applications including Premier’s
Universal Reader Plus, Talking Word Processor, Scan and Read
Pro, Text to Audio, PDF Magic, EText Reader, Ultimate Talking
Dictionary and Talking Calculator.”
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