[NIFL-LD:4749] Fwd: [AAACE-NLA] text-to-speech research

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> From: M C Smith <mcsmith@niu.edu>
> Date: May 2, 2005 12:51:28 PM EDT
> To: aaace-nla@lists.literacytent.org
> Subject: [AAACE-NLA] text-to-speech research
> Reply-To: National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by AAACE 
> <aaace-nla@lists.literacytent.org>
>
> Just for fun, and while killing time waiting to go to the gym, I did a 
> quick search of the PsycInfo database, from 2001-2005, using the 
> following search terms in various combinations:
>
> text-to-speech
> computer software
> reading disability
> synthetic speech
>
> I found no citations, suggesting that there is no peer-reviewed 
> research in the psychological literature. Not a comprehensive search 
> by any means, but I'm pretty good at uncovering studies using these 
> quick-and-dirty methods, and I found no evidence that such research 
> exists.
>
> Sounds like a scam to sell software that is "Proven by research!"
>
> Cecil Smith
>
> M Cecil Smith, Ph.D.
> Professor of Educational Psychology
> Northern Illinois University
> DeKalb, IL 60115-2854
> (815) 753-8448
> (815) 753-8750 (FAX)
> mcsmith@niu.edu
> www.cedu.niu.edu/~smith
>

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