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| * The Localization of NVDA for Japanese Language Users | * The Localization of NVDA for Japanese Language Users | ||
| - | * Takuya Nishimoto | + | * Takuya Nishimoto, Director of [[http:// |
| * nishimotz @ gmail.com / Twitter @nishimotz | * nishimotz @ gmail.com / Twitter @nishimotz | ||
| * to appear in | * to appear in | ||
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| ===== Prehistory ===== | ===== Prehistory ===== | ||
| - | * 1980s: Japanese screen reader | + | * 1980s: Japanese screen reader. character |
| * 1996: Japanese screen reader for Windows released, known as ' | * 1996: Japanese screen reader for Windows released, known as ' | ||
| - | * 1998: ' | + | |
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| * 1999: ' | * 1999: ' | ||
| * 2001: JAWS for Windows from IBM Japan. | * 2001: JAWS for Windows from IBM Japan. | ||
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| * e-mail discussions | * e-mail discussions | ||
| * Friends | * Friends | ||
| - | * materials | + | * text book for support volunteers |
| * Taiwan-Japan collaboration | * Taiwan-Japan collaboration | ||
| * bi-monthly Skype meeting | * bi-monthly Skype meeting | ||
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| * Represent Japanese users | * Represent Japanese users | ||
| - | * Enhancement | + | * develop enhancement |
| - | * Define | + | * 2012.2.1jp: more than 2000 downloads |
| + | * define | ||
| * Support international users of Japanese language | * Support international users of Japanese language | ||
| - | * Add-on speech engine | + | * add-on speech engine |
| * Participate in international team | * Participate in international team | ||
| * support East-Asia enhancement work | * support East-Asia enhancement work | ||
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| ===== Input methods ===== | ===== Input methods ===== | ||
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| + | * Correct pronunciation, | ||
| + | * gohenkan http:// | ||
| + | * 'ha i ri so u de su': 'Yes, it is an ideal.' | ||
| * Same technology | * Same technology | ||
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| * some symbols available for half shape and full shape | * some symbols available for half shape and full shape | ||
| - | ===== Writing system ===== | + | ===== Writing system |
| * Sentence contains both syllables and ideographs | * Sentence contains both syllables and ideographs | ||
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| * syllable-to-ideograph conversion using dictionary | * syllable-to-ideograph conversion using dictionary | ||
| + | ===== Writing system 2 ===== | ||
| * Braille | * Braille | ||
| - | * syllable based symbols are defined for Japanese braille. | + | |
| - | * special rules for word breaks. | + | |
| + | * special rules for word breaks. | ||
| + | * ideographic braille: six-dot system and eight-dot system | ||
| * Speech synthesis | * Speech synthesis | ||
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| * change mode before typing syllables | * change mode before typing syllables | ||
| * (non) convert after typing syllables | * (non) convert after typing syllables | ||
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| + | ===== Japanese speech ===== | ||
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| + | * JTalk (based on Open JTalk, MMDAgent) | ||
| + | * Hidden Markov Model (HMM) synthesizer | ||
| + | * Mecab text processor | ||
| + | * ultra-fast speech | ||
| + | * JTalk2 | ||
| + | * automatic language change | ||
| + | * JTalk for ' | ||
| + | * eSpeak for others | ||
| ===== Applications ===== | ===== Applications ===== | ||
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| * KGS braille display | * KGS braille display | ||
| - | * serial port support requested | + | |
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| + | * vendor library depends on serial port emuration | ||
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| + | ===== Braille translator design ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | * (1) Pre-process | ||
| + | * separation: Japanese, English, computer | ||
| + | * (2) Morphological analysis (Japanese) | ||
| + | * Mecab already used for JTalk speech engine | ||
| + | * (3) Morphological unit processing (Japanese) | ||
| + | * word break, long vowel marks | ||
| + | * Latin, number, Japanese symbol, space | ||
| + | * number translation | ||
| + | * (4) Word break detemination | ||
| + | * (5) Post-process | ||
| + | * merge Japanese and English/ | ||
| + | * foreign mark, cap mark, number mark, braille symbols | ||
| + | * make dot patterns | ||
| ===== Future ===== | ===== Future ===== | ||
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| * speech is already multilingual | * speech is already multilingual | ||
| * multilingual input methods support | * multilingual input methods support | ||
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| * Costly development in Japanese community | * Costly development in Japanese community | ||
| + | * is our language really special? | ||
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| + | * Character/ | ||
| + | * efficiency: for engineer | ||
| + | * correctness: | ||
