Thursday 1 March 2018

Speech Recognition Apps Propel Literacy

By Dian Schaffhauser. THE Journal
Can voice recognition apps that are as common as Siri Assistant and Cortana help kids learn to read? That was the question posed by a literacy researcher who wanted to see whether the use of speech recognition programs in early elementary classrooms would give students who struggle with reading a boost in their efforts. Elizabeth Baker, a professor of literacy studies at the University of Missouri, observed eight first graders as they participated in structured speech recognition-supported program on iPads and iPhone four days a week for five months. According to a paper published on the results, students who used the tools averaged a 97.4 percent accuracy rate on post-study reading tests, in which participants were asked to read a culmination of the words they had used in earlier compositions.

https://thejournal.com/articles/2018/02/13/speech-recognition-apps-propel-literacy.aspx

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from Educational Technology http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/?p=37050

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