Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Meeting Individual Student Needs with Dragon Naturally Speaking


Dragon Naturally Speaking is a Speech-recognition (spoken-word-to-text) software. The student is able to dictate into a microphone headset what they want the computer to type. Students need to train the computer to recognize his or her voice patterns and pronunciations by reading samples into the computer.
Some of the advantages would include:
Students can get their ideas down where it otherwise would not be possible;
It allows students to be more fluent;
It can be faster than writing and typing for students;
Students are more motivated to write;
Students use an expanded vocabulary.
(Education for All, 2005)

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