Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j42KZwG01284; Mon, 2 May 2005 16:35:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 16:35:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <8C71D6D61BE8B90-CF4-29894@FWM-R33.sysops.aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: lchenven@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4751] RE: Fwd: [AAACE-NLA] text-to-speech research X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: AOL WebMail 1.0.0.12281 Status: O Content-Length: 3352 Lines: 93 Just on the level of a personal experience, my daughter benefitted tremendously from using Kurzweill 3000 - She started using it in her senior year of high school instead of the books on tape she had been using occasionally. She wished she had used it all the way through high school. These are the results as she reported them. These are subjective responses but not unimportant. - It cut the amount of time she had to spend on homework since previously she was reading all documents twice - once for decoding, second for meaning (page by page) - It improved her reading speed - hearing and reading at the same time was faster than reading by herself - It improved her reading even when she was not using the program - the increase in the amount of reading she was doing and the relative comfort she developed using the program made her feel better about reading without the program and she also felt it helped her reading fluency. If there hasn't been much study of the use of this program, there ought to be. I would heartily recommend it - not necessarily for the purpose of learning to read - but certainly as a very valuable accommodation for dyslexic readers. Laura Chenven -----Original Message----- From: Renee Clark <reneec@FreedomScientific.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Mon, 2 May 2005 15:09:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [NIFL-LD:4750] RE: Fwd: [AAACE-NLA] text-to-speech research There is actually a fair amount of data indicating the benefits of text-to-speech for individuals with learning disabilities. Check out: http://members.nationaltechcenter.org/matrixSearch.aspx?a=16%7C&typeId=7&c=2 %7C from the National Center for Technology Innovation for links to abstracts of various articles. Also check out http://crpit.com/confpapers/CRPITV23Disseldorp.pdf. Renee Clark Western Regional Manager 888-223-3344, ext. 127 reneec@freedomscientific.com Visit our website at www.freedomscientific.com/lsg -----Original Message----- From: nifl-ld@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-ld@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of David Rosen Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:23 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-LD:4749] Fwd: [AAACE-NLA] text-to-speech research Begin forwarded message: > 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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