Reading Remediation Using Computer Speech Recognition

使用计算机语音识别进行阅读补救

• 批准号: 6488032
• 负责人: DONALD G STEELY
• 金额: $ 57.87万
• 依托单位: OREGON CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCE, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-07-01 至 2004-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6488032
• 关键词: clinical research; computer assisted instruction; computer human interaction; computer program /software; computer system design /evaluation; educational resource design /development; elementary school; human subject; interactive multimedia; reading; reading disorder; remedial /special education; speech recognition; training level

Reading failure occurs in our schools at unacceptably high levels, causing serious and widespread social, political, and economic problems. This occurs despite the availability of effective instructional programs. Unfortunately, teachers often do not have the necessary training or time to implement these programs. In addition, it is sometimes not cost effective to use these programs with small or scattered student programs. This project will incorporate advanced speech recognition technology with the computer delivery of an effective, research-proven reading programs to effectively and economically teach basic reading skills to elementary redial and at-risk students. In Phase I, the first ten lessons were produced and evaluated with low- performing students using a speech recognizer trained by our staff for local dialect and similar students receiving "standard care." In a randomized trial, the treatment subjects improved significantly more than controls on phonemic segmentation. In Phase II, we will develop the complete 100 speech recognition remedial reading program for elementary students. The program will include a speech recognition engine that is sensitive to the dialect regions of the United States, complete multimedia presentation of instructional content, printed materials and all necessary hardware. The effectiveness of the program will be tested in a randomized control trial. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: This project will produce a 100-lesson remedial program for students in the early elementary grades. The product will be attractive to schools with unserved low-performing, at-risk, remedial, and learning disabled readers, as well as to the home market.

在我们的学校中，阅读失败的发生率高得令人无法接受，造成了严重而广泛的社会、政治和经济问题。尽管有有效的教学计划，这种情况还是发生了。不幸的是，教师往往没有必要的培训或时间来实施这些计划。此外，有时将这些项目与小型或分散的学生项目一起使用并不符合成本效益。该项目将把先进的语音识别技术与计算机结合起来，提供有效的、经过研究证明的阅读程序，以有效和经济的方式向小学和有风险的学生教授基本的阅读技能。在第一阶段，前十节课是由表现不佳的学生制作和评估的，他们使用由我们的工作人员训练过的针对当地方言的语音识别器，类似的学生接受“标准护理”。在一项随机试验中，治疗对象在音位分割方面的改善明显超过对照组。在第二阶段，我们将开发完整的100语音识别小学生补习阅读程序。该项目将包括一个对美国方言地区敏感的语音识别引擎、完整的多媒体教学内容、印刷材料和所有必要的硬件。该方案的有效性将在随机对照试验中进行检验。拟议的商业应用：该项目将为小学低年级学生提供100课的补习课程。该产品将吸引那些没有服务的低表现、高风险、补习和学习障碍读者的学校，以及国内市场。