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Peer reviewedRaskind, Marshall H.; Higgins, Eleanor – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
This study investigated effects of speech synthesis on proofreading efficiency among 33 postsecondary students with learning disabilities. Using a speech synthesis system enabled subjects to detect a significantly higher percentage of errors, though having text read aloud by another person remained the most effective way to find…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Efficiency
Download full textMurphy, Harry; Higgins, Eleanor – 1994
This final report describes the activities and accomplishments of a 3-year study on the compensatory effectiveness of three assistive technologies, optical character recognition, speech synthesis, and speech recognition, on postsecondary students (N=140) with learning disabilities. These technologies were investigated relative to: (1) immediate…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Compensatory Education, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness
