REMEDIAL WRITING SOFTWARE FOR THE LEARNING DISABLED

这项工作的总体目标是将这种WRIRE作为一个 有效但成本相对较低的软件工具，用于修复 学习障碍人群特有的写作问题类型。 为了克服在这一组中发现的阅读困难，该工具将 包括一个听起来自然的文本到语音合成器。该软件和 语音合成器将为Apple IIgs生产，这是成本- 可在教育环境中使用。第二期将扩大 以编写THS方式发现的实时语法检查器的复杂性， 它的可行性在第一阶段的Apple IIe/IIc上得到了验证。 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；产生一个 课程指南；对以下内容的有效性进行对照研究 软件；并发布研究结果。少校 第二阶段的技术创新将纳入 程序的语法部分的语义分析和 一种低成本超段语音合成器的研制 来自解析器输出的特征(音调和持续时间)。这 努力将特征(音调和持续时间)从输出 解析器。这一努力不仅将使实时自然语言 语法分析对学习有障碍的人来说是可用的，但它将打开通往 为盲人和声障人士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.