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This prototype of the FreeIconToSpeech activity has been replaced by an alpha version at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/FreeIconToSpeech |
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This bundle [[Image:IconSpeak.activity-1.xo]] is an initial prototype of the FreeIconToSpeech activity. Caution: It is likely to undergo rapid and radical change.The activity is based on [[Speak]]. The goal is to allow the user to build a message from an array of icons representing words. The message is then spoken using |
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speech synthesis. |
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The user of this activity clicks on a button in an array. A button may have an image (icon) or label (text). If the button corresponds to a |
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category, they are replaced by the icons/text from the next level down. In this case the first icon will be an up-arrow. Clicking on this icon will |
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return the user to the previous level. If the button is corresponds to a word - the word is copied to the output message. The word corresponding to a higher level can be selected by pressing the space bar while the mouse left button is down; otherwise, the next lower level will be displayed. Finally, the user can press the 'play' button and the message will be spoken by eSpeak. |
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The activity reads an .xml format file: asl.xml. This file specifies the icon and word correspondence. For example, |
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<ispk> |
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<category icon = 'someimage.gif'>text |
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<word icon = 'word.gif'>word |
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</word> |
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</category> |
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</ispk> |
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In the activity is a set of icons. The example set are in .gif format. However, .svg or .png formats could also be used. They are drawings |
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based on the American Sign Language [[http://library.thinkquest.org/10202/asl_dictionary_text.html]]. The activity looks for the icons in |
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the icons folder. It reads a file: asl.xml which specifies the icons and the corresponding words. |
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This version is replaced by [[Image:Ispeak-1.xo]] |
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{{activity}} |
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Revision as of 05:41, 11 September 2008
This prototype of the FreeIconToSpeech activity has been replaced by an alpha version at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/FreeIconToSpeech