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Proposal of
THE NETD@YS-VOICE PROJECT
as submitted to DG-XXII-Netd@ys in April 1998

ANNEX 5

Partners and activities of the Netd@ys VOICE Project

General, scientific and technical co-ordination:

JRC-ISIS, Brussels, Belgium (Ispra Site)

VOICE Forum, VOICE Special Interest User Group;

VOICE Discussion Forum, VOICE Chat Line;

Space on the VOICE Forum for the Netd@ys VOICE Help Desk;

Access to the Internet for people with special needs;

Presentations to schools;

Organisation of a video-conference and a television transmission;

Schools and Universities:

Istituto Tecnico Statale di Comunicazioni Multimediali (ITSOS), Milan, Italy

Tests of subtitling school lessons for the benefit of deaf students;

Organisation of a Workshop on voice recognition and multimedia applications;

Collaboration in preparing a subtitled video-tape on school and deafness;

Liceo Scientifico Omodeo, Mortara (Pavia), Italy

Tests of subtitling of foreign language lessons for the benefit of the hearing students;

Tests of subtitling of lessons of the host country's language for the immigrated;

Liceo Artistico Frattini, Varese, Italy

Tests of subtitling school lessons for the benefit of deaf students;

Liceo Scientifico Oriani, Ravenna, Italy

Tests of subtitling school lessons for the benefit of deaf students;

Scuola Elementare e Materna, 1° Circolo, Cantù (Como), Italy

Tests of subtitling school lessons for the benefit of deaf children;

Istituto Professionale di Stato per l'Industria e l'Artigianato, Milan, Italy

Sensibilisation of teachers and references for the Workshop;

Institut für Hör- und Sehbildung (IHSB), Linz, Austria

Tests of subtitling school lessons and conferences for the benefit of deaf students;

Educational Endeavour Computer Science for the Blind, University of Linz, Austria

Collaboration with IHSB and other schools in Austria;

Collaboration with JRC-ISIS for the access of the blind to the VOICE Forum;

Associations of the deaf:

ALFA, Associazione Lombarda Famiglie Audiolesi, Milan, Italy

User needs analysis and specific aspects related to deafness;

Tests of subtitling conferences for the benefit of deaf participants;

Collaboration with ITSOS school of Milan;

AFA, Associazione Famiglie Audiolesi, Cantù (Como), Italy

User needs analysis and specific aspects related to deafness;

Tests of subtitling conferences for the benefit of deaf participants;

Collaboration with Scuola Elementare e Materna of Cantù;

Institut für Hör- und Sehbildung (IHSB), Linz, Austria

User needs analysis and specific aspects related to deafness at its own Institute;

Collaboration with other schools in Austria;

APEDAF, Association Parents Enfants Déficients Auditifs Francophones, Brussels, Belgium

User needs analysis and specific aspects related to deafness;

Collaboration with schools in Belgium;

NDCS, National Deaf Children's Society, London, United Kingdom

User needs analysis and specific aspects related to deafness;

Collaboration with schools in United Kingdom.

Software houses:

FBL, Mortara (Pavia), Italy,

Specific developments of the prototype demonstrator and technical support to the schools;

NET, New Educational Technologies, Colorno (Parma), Italy

Development of the Netd@ys VOICE Help Desk and multimedia tele-education support.

The Netd@ys VOICE Project;
Annex 1: Applications of voice to text recognition for the deaf:
User needs and state of the art;
Annex 2: European dimension: the JRC-ISIS Exploratory Research VOICE Project;
Annex 3: The VOICE Project - a Telematics Applications' Accompanying Measure;
Annex 4: The VOICE-Schools Project;
Annex 5: Partners and activities of the Netd@ys VOICE Project;
Annex 6: Tasks of the Netd@ys VOICE Project;