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 j4NL0rG29257; Mon, 23 May 2005 17:00:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 17:00:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000d01c55fda$1a94b630$1689c080@Christopher> 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: "Christopher Lee" <christopherlee@mindspring.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4772] Re: Intonation and Interpretation of Computer read text. X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: RO Content-Length: 2974 Lines: 94 Michele - do you want to set up a conference call -- thanks, Christopher Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michele Anne Craig" <shellcraig@ix.netcom.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 4:36 PM Subject: [NIFL-LD:4771] Re: Intonation and Interpretation of Computer read text. > Christopher, > > I would really like to hear about other AT stuff. I thought if there were > something that would read a book as you scanned it, it would be a lot more > useful than books on tape. For one thing, you could use it the way you > actually read. For example, reading captions on pictures or only reading > parts of the text. Anything you know about would be good. If others on the > list already know about it, just email me off list. > > Michele > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Christopher Lee <christopherlee@mindspring.com> >> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> >> Date: 5/3/2005 3:07:00 AM >> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4758] Re: Intonation and Interpretation of Computer > read text. >> >> Michele >> >> I would be happy to point you in the direction of other AT (assistive >> technology) products. I also hated the audio books growing up in k-12 >> >> Christopher Lee >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Michele Anne Craig" <shellcraig@ix.netcom.com> >> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> >> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 9:13 PM >> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4756] Intonation and Interpretation of Computer read > text. >> >> >> > Susan, >> > >> > I was so glad to see your post about the drawbacks of the technology >> > for >> > people if they don't have the infrastructure to support the technology. >> > Also the thing you said about students having to reinterpret the text >> > into >> > more tonal reading really struck home with me. It is the difference >> > between >> > the books on tape that you get from the library and the books on tape > that >> > you get from the Library of Congress. My son is dyslexic, and he > recently >> > qualified to receive talking books, but he hates them for a few reasons > -- >> > the main one being that because the tapes are made so that you can >> > speed >> > them up to listen to the book faster, the readers are instructed not to >> > put >> > lots of expression into the reading since this would mess up the words >> > when >> > you speed up the tape. They also do things like read all the beginning > of >> > the book -- title pages, table of contents, the whole works! >> > >> > Listening to one of these almost atonal books is not at all the > experience >> > of having someone read to you or hearing a professional actor read. I >> > think >> > that it would take a lot of training to learn to use these books in how >> > you >> > listen. Just as you read for different purposes -- I guess you listen > for >> > different purposes too. >> > >> > Michele >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
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