Reading Remediation Using Computer Speech Recognition

阅读失败发生在我们的学校在不可接受的高水平，造成严重和广泛的社会，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方案。此外，有时将这些程序用于小型或分散的学生程序并不划算。该项目将结合先进的语音识别技术，通过计算机提供有效的、经研究证明的阅读程序，有效地、经济地向小学生和高危学生教授基本的阅读技能。在第一阶段，前十节课是用我们的工作人员为当地方言训练的语音识别器和接受“标准护理”的类似学生制作和评估的。“在一项随机试验中，治疗组在音素分割方面的改善明显高于对照组。在第二阶段，我们将为小学生开发完整的100个语音识别补救阅读程序。该计划将包括一个对美国方言地区敏感的语音识别引擎，教学内容的完整多媒体演示，印刷材料和所有必要的硬件。该计划的有效性将在随机对照试验中进行测试。建议的商业应用：这个项目将产生一个100课的补救计划，为学生在小学低年级。该产品将吸引那些没有服务的低绩效，有风险，补救和学习障碍读者的学校，以及国内市场。

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.