AT Internet Modules

AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION

 

 

Automatic Speech Recognition has been around for quite a long time if you knew it or not. Their are a wide range of students and others that benefit from this program.

For those who do not know what Automatic Speech Recognition is, it is a computer application that lets people control a computer by using speech. I myself did not know what ASR was when starting this third module.

 

For example, students can write using voice recognition in conjunction with a standard word processing program. When users speak into the microphone, their words appear on a computer screen in a word processing format, ready for revision and editing (Nanke, Stindt, & Lees, 2009).

 

This module explains a very useful software that is used throughout the world. It benefits not only students in the classroom but people in general throughout their daily routines.

 

Below shows the third module listing who can benefit from the speech recognition software,

 

The University of Buffalo Assistive Technology Training Online Project (ATTO) lists the following as students who can benefit from ASR software (see "Eligible Students"):

Students [and others] who can benefit from speech recognition vary greatly in their needs. Speech recognition can assist students who have the following difficulties:

• Students [and others] who are unable to manipulate writing tools and who require an alternative system.
• Students [and others] who have difficulty with writing mechanics; those having difficulty with spelling, grammar, etc.
• Students [and others] who have difficulty with the writing process; with getting their ideas written down.

The exampled software they use is Dragon Home Software is a very reasonable price and could definitely be used in my classroom for speech, writing, spelling, word scrambling, etc.