CCE Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
1999
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences
Advisor
Getrude W. Abramson
Committee Member
Laurie Dringus
Committee Member
George K. Fornshell
Abstract
Adult students who experience difficulties in comprehending written (printed) language frequently are limited in their scholastic development and possible employment opportunities. These individuals, who represent a growing segment of the learning disabled population, include poor readers and dyslexics and they routinely seek help and remediation through various educational techniques. One remediation technique often used is "books on tape". Through books on tape, recorded spoken text is presented in a sequential manner to the remedial reader as he or she is reading the corresponding printed document. This dissertation reviewed the books on tape paradigm, and through the use of current computer technology and random access storage, created an interface to enable the remedial reader to correlate a relative position on a printed page to the corresponding, pre-recorded spoken text presented by the computer.
NSUWorks Citation
Edward D. Crook. 1999. Linking Printed Books to Computerized Speech. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences. (470)
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/470.