Using talking computers to remediate reading and spelling disabilities: The critical role of the print-to-sound unit |
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Authors: | Roderick W. Barron Maureen W. Lovett Robert Mccabe |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Guelph, ON, Canada 2. Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract: | Talking computers employing computer-generated speech feedback have been used to remediate the literacy skills of dyslexic readers. A computer program is described that employs DECtalk, a highlevel speech synthesizer, to narrate instruction involving intensive training in identifying whole words or in identifying and blending word segments corresponding to onsets, rimes, and phonemes. Procedures for developing individualized instruction are described as well as for constructing and editing the speech and graphics features of the program. Neurologically impaired dyslexic children trained with this program achieved greater acquisition and transfer of word recognition skill when their training involved segmented rather than whole word feedback. |
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