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Using Scanners Linked to Talking Computers as Tools for Teaching Children to Read
Author(s) -
Scrase Richard
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8535.00038
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , library science , world wide web , mathematics education , psychology
Scanners linked to computers loaded with speech-synthesisers have been used by the visually impaired to access text for many years. This is an account of a trial which used these systems with sighted children: a group of 13 seven-year-old children who had been identified by their Year 2 teachers as needing additional help with their reading. The aims of the trial were to test out the practicalities of using this equipment with this age group and to test two ideas: