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Ok, Min Wook; Kim, Min Kyung; Kang, Eun Young; Bryant, Brian R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2016
Computers can be an effective teaching method for students with learning disabilities (LD). The use of mobile devices as education tools for students with disabilities has received considerable attention in special education recently. Parents, teachers, and professionals look for effective applications (i.e., apps) that meet the needs of their…
Descriptors: Instructional Material Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Scoring Rubrics, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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Santoro, Lana Edwards; Bishop, M. J. – Computers in the Schools, 2010
It seems appropriate, if not necessary, to use empirically supported criteria to evaluate reading software applications. This study's purpose was to develop a research-based evaluation framework and review selected beginning reading software that might be used with struggling beginning readers. Thirty-one products were reviewed according to…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection
Peters, Tom; Bell, Lori – Computers in Libraries, 2007
This article describes a computer-based technology for generating speech called text-to-speech (TTS). This software is ready for widespread use by libraries, other organizations, and individual users. It offers the affordable ability to turn just about any electronic text that is not image-based into an artificially spoken communication. The…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Selection, Artificial Speech, Library Services