FI:PV072 Humanitarian Applications

PV072 Humanitarian Computer Applications

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2007

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Ivan Kopeček, CSc. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Thu 18:00–19:50 B204

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 37 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Ethically motivated applications are the main goal of this seminar. The central theme is computer support of visually impaired people.

Syllabus

Ethically motivated applications are the main goal of this working seminary. The central theme is supporting visually impaired people. Some possible topics are:
Information systems for visually impaired people.
Orientation of blind people.
Obstacle detection.
Internet, WWW.
Computer games for blind people.
Applications of isolated word recognition.
Applications of speech synthesis.
Support of informatics studium for visually impaired.
Applications of ASR.
Work on a phonetical corpus.
And other topics - ideas are welcomed.

Literature

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Seminář diskutující současné problémy v oblasti asistivních technologií.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

http://www.fi.muni.cz/~kopecek/stud.htm