By RTV

“TTS” and “STT”: RTV’s Contribution to Vulnerable Groups is a project of broad social significance, aimed at improving access to media content for various vulnerable groups: blind and visually impaired persons, deaf and hard‑of‑hearing individuals, people with cognitive impairments and reading difficulties, members of national minorities, linguistically diverse groups, as well as young and elderly audiences. By introducing Text‑to‑Speech (TTS) and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technologies, content from the website and applications will be available for listening and reading in transcribed form.

The TTS system is based on neural networks (version 6.0) and delivers nearly natural‑sounding speech with an emphasis accuracy of over 98%. The ASR system recognizes words with 90% accuracy and characters with over 95% accuracy. The project includes securing permanent licenses for these technologies, marking an important step by Radio and Television of Vojvodina (RTV) toward innovation and improved efficiency of the public media service.

B) Educational component
- RTV Conference on the application of artificial intelligence in media
- RTV Conference on TTS and ASR technologies

Funded by the European Union, the Innovation. Media. Minds.: Support to the Public Service Journalism in the Western Balkans Program, is managed by the Goethe-Institut on behalf of the European Commission and in collaboration with its implementing partner DW Akademie.