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A self-voicing application is an application that provides an aural interface without requiring a separate screen reader. Self-voicing applications can be an important form of assistive technology, useful to those who have difficulty reading or seeing. A prominent group of self-voicing applications are talking web browsers. Traditionally, talking web browsers have been specially created, as was the case with: * pwWebSpeak, originally developed by The Productivity Works in Princeton, New Jersey (now obsolete) * Simply Web (also now obsolete) * Home Page Reader (HPR) from IBM (recently discontinued) * Connect Outloud from Freedom Scientific * WebAnywhere from University of Washington A more recent trend has seen the self-voicing capabilities added to mainstream web browsers with free add-ons. In 2004, Opera Software created a self-voicing and speech-recognition extension for the Windows version of their web browser.〔(Opera Sings with IBM's Speech Technology: New version of Opera Embeds ViaVoice from IBM ) (Opera press release, 23 March 2004). Accessed 2007-02-03.〕 And in 2005 Charles L. Chen devised Fire Vox, an extension that adds speech capabilities to the Mozilla Firefox web browser on Mac, Windows, or Linux.〔Charles L. Chen, (About Fire Vox ). Accessed 2007-02-03.〕 A second important category are broader self-voicing applications that function as what T. V. Raman calls "complete audio desktops",〔T. V. Raman, (Emacspeak - The Complete Audio Desktop ). Accessed 2007-02-03.〕 including editing, browsing, and even gaming capabilities. These include Raman's own Emacspeak enhancement for Emacs and Karl Dahlke's Edbrowse. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Self-voicing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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