Introduction to ArtificiaI Intelligence in Higher Education
Voicemon ds brochure english v1.0
1. ‚Make your website talk!‛
VOICEMON
VOICEMON DS is the technology that makes the Internet more usable by
providing accessibility features, real-time spoken language dictionary and
text-to-speech software as a service.
VOICEMON DS offers :
Server-based service-unlike downloadable text-to-speech
software, our server-based technology means that a visitor to a
site has full access to Voicemon DS wherever they are in anywhere.
Voicemon DS intelligently understands grammar and punctuation,
quickly bringing any text to life in a range of clear and natural-
sounding voices.
Synchronized word highlighting with speech- Visual Highlighting
while speech enabling content is a proven means of improving
comprehension, studies show an increase in reading grades.
Spoken Dictionary/Thesaurus- a simple mouse drag or double
click offers a spoken definition of any word, providing a better
understanding of the text and useful jargon busting
Talking Hotkeys- visual-impaired visitors, or those who have
difficulty using a mouse, can use spoken keyboard instructions to
hear and navigate a site quickly and easily
Text magnifies and color control-visitors can easily magnify text
size on a website at the click of a button, make it easier on the
eyes. Users can also change the background color in which the
text is highlighted.
VOICEMON DS makes websites Document ‘speaker’- website visitors can now listen to all the
accessible to those who require information of the PDF and Word documents in the websites.
online reading support, which is
40% of the US population. Continuous and select reading, Audio file- any full content of web
It works by reading web pages page can be listened continuously or selecting part of content by
aloud in a human-sounding voice. visitors needs. Time-poor visitors can download audio file.
www.voicemon.com Tel. +82.2.3453.3582
2. ‚Make your website talk!‛
VOICEMON
VOICEMON DS Feature VOICEMON DS Enterprise
Voicemon DS Server based service means
The ethical benefits of Voicemon DS are obvious. In today’s
• On-the-go reading of your web world, where so much information is to be found on the
pages with no software for users to Internet, Everybody firmly believes that no-one should be
install denied access to it. In Korea or other countries for example,
the Disability Discrimination Act has made it a legal
• Easy to implement : a simple HTML requirement for those who provide services online to make
code is all that is required
‚reasonable adjustments‛ to their websites, and to ensure
• Reads static and dynamic pages equality of service provision for all users.
• Ability to vocalize a predefined area Letting users have your site read loud to them using Voicemon
of text 5+ languages available DS will make your site easier to use for large numbers of
people.
• Variety of female and male voices for
most languages listed
In the US and Canada there are :
• Specific speech dictionary
45+ million people with literacy problems (source :U.S. Nat'l
• What can Voicemon DS read? – HTML, Literacy Survey 1992)
Accessible Java and Flash, Alt Tags 10-15% of the population with a learning disability (source:
behind pictures, Hyperlinks, https National Institutes of Health)
secure sites, Intranet and Extranet, PDF, 18% of the population over age 5 for whom English is a second
Word documents. language (US Census Bureau 2002)
• Compatible with all browsers and
13+% of children aged 3-21 who receive special education
operating system (source: www.nces.ed.gov)
12% of the Canadian population with some type of disability
• Complete SaaS hosting. Providing you (source: Statistics Canada)
with automatic updates 22% of Canadians who are functioning at the lowest literacy
level (source: Statistics Canada)
• Access to detailed usage statics
• Available 24 hours a day. 7days a
week. 365days a year
• High performance and security thanks
to its cutting edge technologies
• Can be used simultaneously by several Example of a Voicemon DS Toolbox
users
Voicemon DS is helps any website visitor who require online reading
• It is free to the end users support. This includes those with learning difficulties such as dyslexia,
mild visual impairments and those with English as a second language.
www.voicemon.com Tel. +82.2.3453.3582