REMEDIAL WRITING SOFTWARE FOR THE LEARNING DISABLED

这项工作的总体目标是将WRIRE THIS WAY原型化为 有效的，但成本相对较低的软件工具，用于补救 学习障碍人群特有的写作问题类型。 为了克服该组中发现的阅读困难，该工具将 包括听起来自然文本到语音合成器。软件和 语音合成器将为苹果IIgs生产，这是成本- 在教育环境中可获得。第二阶段将扩大 在WRITE THS WAY中发现的实时语法检查器的复杂性， 其可行性在第一阶段的Apple IIe/IIc上得到了证明。 该项目的其他目标包括扩展软件的能力 提供拼写和语法错误的帮助;制作一个 课程指南;进行有效性的对照研究， 软件;并公布研究结果。主要 第二阶段的技术创新将包括： 程序语法部分的语义分析和 低成本语音合成器的开发， 特征（音高和持续时间）从解析器的输出。这 努力将特征（音高和持续时间）从输出的 解析器。这一努力不仅将使实时自然语言 解析提供给学习障碍，但它将打开大门， 为盲人和声音受损者提供经济实惠的语音合成。

The overall goal of this effort is to prototype WRIRE THIS WAY as an effective, but relatively low-cost software tool for remediating the types of writing problems specific to the learning disabled population. To overcome the reading difficulties found in this group, the tool will include a natural-sounding text-to-speech synthesizer. The software and speech synthesizer will be produced for the Apple IIgs, which is cost- accessible in educational environments. Phase II will expand the sophistication of the real-time grammar checker found in WRITE THS WAY, whose feasibility was demonstrated on the Apple IIe/IIc in Phase I. Other aims for the project include expanding the ability of the software to provide assistance with spelling and grammar errors; producing a Curriculum Guide; conducting a controlled study of the effectiveness of the software; and publishing the results of the research. The major technological innovations of Phase II will be the incorporation of semantic analysis in the grammer portion of the program and the development of a low-cost speech synthesizer that derives suprasegmental characteristics (pitch and duration) from the output of the parser. This effort will characteristics (pitch and duration) from the output of the parser. This effort will not only make real-time natural language parsing available to the learning disabled, but it will open the door to afforable speech synthesis for the blind and vocally impaired.