The webinar with Liz Persaud on Text to speech software addressed specific approaches that an educator can adjust in order for a student to have an effective reading lesson. Two approaches that she touched on were controlling the rate of speed and the ability to modify or chunk the text. Students with disabilities find it necessary to slow down the rate of speed at which a passage is being read as well as chunk the reading in order to comprehend material. The ability to format a tool bar so that a book report outline can be viewed and edited as the child reads the passage is a great asset to some of the text to speech programs. This enables the reader to look for the needed information at his or her pace. My son who is 17 happened to hear this webinar and commented that because he has trouble with comprehending passages this type of software would be great for him!
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Specific Approaches for Text to Speech Software
The webinar with Liz Persaud on Text to speech software addressed specific approaches that an educator can adjust in order for a student to have an effective reading lesson. Two approaches that she touched on were controlling the rate of speed and the ability to modify or chunk the text. Students with disabilities find it necessary to slow down the rate of speed at which a passage is being read as well as chunk the reading in order to comprehend material. The ability to format a tool bar so that a book report outline can be viewed and edited as the child reads the passage is a great asset to some of the text to speech programs. This enables the reader to look for the needed information at his or her pace. My son who is 17 happened to hear this webinar and commented that because he has trouble with comprehending passages this type of software would be great for him!
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