VOICE - giving a VOICE to the deaf by developing awareness of VOICE to text recognition capabilities

The VOICE Project is investigating the use of speech recognition systems in conversation, conferences, television broadcasts and telephone calls. It is developing prototypes of user friendly interfaces allowing an easier use of commercial products in translating the spoken voice into PC screen messages and subtitles. This is a powerful help for people with hearing impairment, reducing the gap between them and the hearing world. Several events are organised for presenting the VOICE Project and its prototype demonstrator to the users. One of the objectives of the Project is that of uniting, by means of an Internet VOICE Forum, Associations, companies, universities, schools, public administrations and anyone else interested in voice recognition. The Forum offers a list of contact points, the downloading of the prototype demonstrator programme and answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). Since it is proposed as a dynamic tool of exchanging information, several pages are loaded at a draft stage, in order to allow active discussion via the Web.