Table 11: Progress towards a workable TTS engine
Problem type
Problem
Intervention
Progress
Communications
gap
Myanmar language not
included in eSpeak NG
repository
Connecting with eSpeak
Technology gap
Punctuation marks not
being recognised by
eSpeak
Connecting with coders who
had worked on such issues in
other languages
Files in Myanmar language
uploaded.
Assessments being made by
eSpeak
Feedback received
Errors being rectified
Potential unavailability of accessible content was another key area identified: this was due to the need for
websites/applications to be WCAG 2.0 compliant to be read by screen reading software. Preliminary steps are
being taken with MIDO to conduct an audit of all Government websites to check if they are WCAG 2.0 compliant.
The findings would then be synthesized to communicate results of audit to policymakers
Meetings were also held with the publisher of the 7Day newspaper. It was revealed that their website is not
WCAG 2.0 compliant. It also uses the Zawgyi font, which is not Unicode compatible. Following meetings with Mr.
Manocha, the MD of the newspaper offered to shift their application to Unicode font.