ReadSpeaker is used in an accessibility tool developed by Amedia Corporation

Speech synthesis in information devices for people with visual impairments

ReadSpeaker SBU, an MD division of HOYA Corporation (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Hiroshi Suzuki), is pleased to announce that ReadSpeaker's speech synthesis software  has been selected as the text-to-speech engine for “YMB” and “YMB Rapid”, speech magnifying readers for people with visual impairments developed by Amedia Corporation (located in Nerima-ku, Tokyo; CEO Yuu Mochizuki).

YMB and YMB Rapid with ReadSpeaker

Amedia develops and sells “YMB” and “YMB Rapid”, two high-speed speech reading machines that people with visual impairments can use to read printed materials. YMB includes a scanner and YMB Rapid uses a camera. Both products use ReadSpeaker Text to Speech to read printed materials aloud.

This is expected to significantly improve the efficiency with which people with visual impairments process printed materials, and it is proposed as one of the items to be considered under the Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities.

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