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VOBA – A Voice Based Newsgroup

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Applied Computing (AACC 2004)

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In order for a newsgroup to be of use to all people irrespective of their literacy levels, a Voice Based News Group (VOBA) has been developed. This paper presents VOBA, an online discussion group designed for use in rural communities. Recognizing the fact that large segments of the population in developing countries have low literacy levels, VOBA provides voice based inputs and outputs. The user while navigating through the web pages is assisted by voice messages. The voice interfaces have been provided for various Indian vernacular languages.

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  1. HP – IITM R&D Lab, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

    U. B. Desai, N. Balachander, P. Dinakar & V. Madhavan

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The University of York, YO10 5NG, Heslington, York, UK

    Suresh Manandhar

  2. Advanced Computer Architectures Group, Department of Computer Science, University of York, York, UK

    Jim Austin

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 400076, Powai, Bombay, India

    Uday Desai

  4. Department of Computer Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8654, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshio Oyanagi

  5. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, 26/C, Electronics City, Hosur Road, 560100, Bangalore, India

    Asoke K. Talukder

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Desai, U.B., Balachander, N., Dinakar, P., Madhavan, V. (2004). VOBA – A Voice Based Newsgroup. In: Manandhar, S., Austin, J., Desai, U., Oyanagi, Y., Talukder, A.K. (eds) Applied Computing. AACC 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3285. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30176-9_35

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