COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FOR READING OF PRINTED TEXT Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: computer engineering, in particular, information source for blinds and Russian language education. SUBSTANCE: device has unit 1 for optical input of printed text, optical text recognition unit 2, voice synthesis unit 5 from orthography text, speech signal generator (it is not shown on the drawing) and terminal audio unit 6. Goal of invention is achieved by design of unit 1 as scanner, design of unit 5 as unit which generates Russian speech from orthography text. In addition device has text file unification unit 3, text database unit 4, touch-sensitive display 8, interface 7 between touch-sensitive display and personal computer, interface unit 9. EFFECT: increased quality of Russian speech synthesis. 29 cl, 14 dwg