Assistive Technology Snippet
Speech Rec./Word Prediction Software & Wands and Sticks
My experience with Assistive Technology:
Word Prediction Software: Examples: Write: Outloud and CO:Writer
1. Completing the word.
2. Bigram/trigram prediction - word patterns
it uses two and three word patterns and how
frequently those words appear together.
3. Linguistic Word Prediction
This is the grammar of the sentence and how it is
used.
When it is appropriate to use word prediction software:
Word prediction software provides assistance to students who have difficulty writing. It helps predict the word the student would like to use. One of the most popular uses of word prediction software is for those students who have difficulty with writing/spelling issues. **Note: You can't qualify for special education under "spelling," but it is a sub-test that can show up as a deficit.
According to the article this piece of technology is:
Communication
Speech Recognition Software: Dragon, ViaVoice, iListen, Speech Q
Speech recognition is a program that works with a computer. A student will speak into a microphone connected to the computer and the spoken words appear on the monitor as written (typed) text.
When it is appropriate to use speech recognition software:
This can help a student who has qualified for special education services for written expression. It can also help a student who struggles in the area of spelling.
According to the article this piece of technology is:
Communication
Mouth Sticks and Head Wands:
When it is appropriate to use speech recognition software:
This will help a student with a disability in regards to using their hands to type or carry out the functions of a computer, tablet or other piece of technology.
According to the article this piece of technology is:
Communication
My Sources
Here they are . . .
http://www.gmc-uk.org/accessibility/assistive_technologies/physical_impairments.asp
http://www.donjohnston.com/products/cowriter/williams_study.pdf
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ842009.pdf
http://www.ldonline.org/article/38655/
http://sped.dpi.wi.gov/files/sped/pdf/at-wati-asnat.pdf, p. 65-75
Tori Parde
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