@techreport{TR-IC-10-19,
   number = {IC-10-19},
   author = {Elaine {C. S. Hayashi} and Leonelo {D. A. Almeida} and M.
                   Cecília {C. Baranauskas}},
   title   =   {{Virtual   Presenter  and  Vila  na  Rede:  augmenting 
                   accessibility in ISNs}},
   month = {May},
   year = {2010},
   institution = {Institute of Computing, University of Campinas},
   note = {In English, 15 pages.
    \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract}
       Vila  na  Rede  is  an  Inclusive  Social  Network (ISN) system
       developed  as  a  joint effort with Brazilian communities. As a
       product   of   e-Cidadania's  Project,  it  has  inherited  the 
       objective  of being accessible for the widest variety of users,
       including  those  less  familiar  with  technology  or with low
       literacy  levels.  In  this  direction, different features were
       incorporated  into  Vila  na Rede in order to provide its users
       with  scaffolding resources that help them profit more from the
       system.  One  of  these  features  is  the Virtual Presenter, a
       talking  head that allows users to have the textual information
       converted  into speech, presented by a face that moves its lips
       accordingly.  This  technical  report  provides  details on the
       integration of the Virtual Presenter into Vila na Rede, as well
       as  the  activities  that  were  conducted to evaluate this new
       feature at the ISN.
  }
}