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| * 1980s: Japanese screen reader. character description. | * 1980s: Japanese screen reader. character description. | ||
| * 1988: online braille translation by IBM Japan | * 1988: online braille translation by IBM Japan | ||
| - | * 1996: Japanese | + | * 1996: 95Reader. |
| * 1997: IBM Home Page Reader. male voice for text, female voice for link. | * 1997: IBM Home Page Reader. male voice for text, female voice for link. | ||
| - | * 1998: 'PC-Talker' released. best selling in Japan. | + | * 1998: PC-Talker. best selling in Japan. |
| - | * 1999: '95Reader' | + | * 1999: 95Reader with Japanese braille support. |
| * 2001: JAWS for Windows from IBM Japan. | * 2001: JAWS for Windows from IBM Japan. | ||
| * 2006: Mobile phone which announce input method. | * 2006: Mobile phone which announce input method. | ||
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| * 2012: NVDA Japanese team restructured. | * 2012: NVDA Japanese team restructured. | ||
| - | ===== Python ===== | + | ===== Python |
| * PyCon mini JP, PyCon JP 2011 | * PyCon mini JP, PyCon JP 2011 | ||
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| * NVDA Translation team: 40 languages. | * NVDA Translation team: 40 languages. | ||
| - | * messages | + | * messages, documents, symbols |
| - | * documents | + | |
| - | * symbols | + | |
| * character descriptions (from Chinese community) | * character descriptions (from Chinese community) | ||
| * add-ons: OCR, Vocalizer | * add-ons: OCR, Vocalizer | ||
| * community web site | * community web site | ||
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| + | ===== Japanese support ===== | ||
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| * Dependency (Japanese support unavailable) | * Dependency (Japanese support unavailable) | ||
| * eSpeak: multi-lingual open-source speech synthesizer | * eSpeak: multi-lingual open-source speech synthesizer | ||
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| * enhancement for Japanese | * enhancement for Japanese | ||
| * 2012.2.1jp: more than 2000 downloads | * 2012.2.1jp: more than 2000 downloads | ||
| - | * define requirement | + | * discuss requirements |
| * Support international users of Japanese language | * Support international users of Japanese language | ||
| * add-on speech engine | * add-on speech engine | ||
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| * screen readers since 1980s | * screen readers since 1980s | ||
| * Characteristics of Japanese language | * Characteristics of Japanese language | ||
| - | * explained in [[http:// | + | * [[http:// |
| * uniqueness of writing system, braille system | * uniqueness of writing system, braille system | ||
| * Technical limitations | * Technical limitations | ||
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| * Kanji in Japanese, Hanzi in Chinese, Hanja in Korean | * Kanji in Japanese, Hanzi in Chinese, Hanja in Korean | ||
| * Chinese traditional > Japanese > Chinese simplified | * Chinese traditional > Japanese > Chinese simplified | ||
| - | * typically many readings for Japanese | + | * typically many readings for one character |
| * Symbols, punctuations | * Symbols, punctuations | ||
| * 600 full shape symbols by Japanese standard. | * 600 full shape symbols by Japanese standard. | ||
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| * 'ha i/ ri so - de su' | * 'ha i/ ri so - de su' | ||
| * ideographic braille: six-dot system and eight-dot system | * ideographic braille: six-dot system and eight-dot system | ||
| - | |||
| * Speech synthesis | * Speech synthesis | ||
| * pronunciation of single character (spelling reading) is undefined. | * pronunciation of single character (spelling reading) is undefined. | ||
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| * Morphological analysis: useful in many places | * Morphological analysis: useful in many places | ||
| * based on dictionary, and sometimes statics (machine learning) | * based on dictionary, and sometimes statics (machine learning) | ||
| + | * reading 'ri so u' / pronunciation 'ri so -' | ||
| ===== Character descriptions 1 ===== | ===== Character descriptions 1 ===== | ||
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| * Very few free software | * Very few free software | ||
| * SAPI4 engines still popular | * SAPI4 engines still popular | ||
| + | * W3C SSML 1.1: poorly supported in Japan | ||
| * JTalk (based on Open JTalk, MMDAgent) | * JTalk (based on Open JTalk, MMDAgent) | ||
| * Hidden Markov Model (HMM) synthesizer, | * Hidden Markov Model (HMM) synthesizer, | ||
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| * ControllerClient enhancement: | * ControllerClient enhancement: | ||
| - | ===== Devices | + | ===== Braille support |
| - | * KGS braille display | + | * Devices: |
| * Japanese company: KGS Corporation | * Japanese company: KGS Corporation | ||
| * braille input support | * braille input support | ||
| * serial port support requested from users | * serial port support requested from users | ||
| * vendor library depends on serial port emuration | * vendor library depends on serial port emuration | ||
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| + | * Braille translator | ||
| + | * experimental translator | ||
| + | * new version is under development | ||
| + | * liblouis enhancement? | ||
| + | * Number of characters and number of cells | ||
| + | * wrong cursor position | ||
| ===== Braille translator ===== | ===== Braille translator ===== | ||
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| * number translation | * number translation | ||
| * (4) Word break detemination (Japanese) | * (4) Word break detemination (Japanese) | ||
| - | * (5) Post-process | + | * (5) Post-process: make dot patterns |
| * merge Japanese and English/ | * merge Japanese and English/ | ||
| * foreign mark, cap mark, number mark, braille symbols | * foreign mark, cap mark, number mark, braille symbols | ||
| - | * make dot patterns | + | |
| ===== Future ===== | ===== Future ===== | ||
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| * Costly development in Japanese community | * Costly development in Japanese community | ||
| + | * digital signature required for release | ||
| * is our language really special? | * is our language really special? | ||
| - | * Character/ | + | * Character/ |
| - | * efficiency: for engineer | + | * efficiency, completeness, |
| - | * correctness: | + | |
| * Touch device and input methods | * Touch device and input methods | ||
| - | * bluetooth keyboard for smartphone | + | * bluetooth keyboard for smartphone |
