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Text To Speech Technology: Enriching the VLE, enhancing the learning experience. By Maarten van de Koevering and Richard Risholm
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AgendaIntroduction ReadSpeakerWhat is Text To Speech?Universal Design for LearningAccessibilityDemo Blackboard (by Richard Risholm)Implementing in Blackboard (by Richard Risholm)Questions
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ReadSpeaker is now present in 60 countries
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What is Text To Speech?
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Universal Design for Learning Universal design for learning is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people bases on scientific insights into how humans learn.
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Universal Design for Learning PresentationMultiple MediaGraphics and animationsHighlight critical featuresActivate background knowledgeAction and Expression Give students plenty of options to express what they know EngagementGive students choices to fuel their interest in curriculum
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Universal Design for Learning How ReadSpeaker fits in Universal Design for LearningGiving students choice how they want to study the subject will help to improve the individual learners outcome.
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Universal Design for Learning How ReadSpeaker fits in Universal Design for LearningBimodal learningImproved word recognition skills and vocabularyImproved reading comprehension, fluency, accuracy and concentrationImproved information recall and learn/memory enhancement
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Universal Design for Learning How ReadSpeaker fits in Universal Design for LearningAnywhere and Anytime (all devices, browsers, ops systems)Barrier Free (Click & Listen, no downloads)Focus on highest voice quality (best voices in the market, own TTS developments)Applicable on all digital contentCustomizable (by client and by end-user)Universal Design for All
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Accessibility Low literacy 10%Dyslexia 5%Low vision 5%12
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AccessibilitySeveral academic studies have shown that Text-to-Speech technology is a valuable element in making digital content more accessible for struggling readers and thereby improving learning outcomes
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From More than Words: Text-to-Speech Technology as a Matter of Self-Efficacy, Self-Advocacy, and Choice, Michelann Parr, Ph.D. (McGill), Ph.D. Dissertation, 2008, p. 206:A regular classroom implementation requires that text-to-speech technology be perceived as an alternative text format or another media genre. In this way, all students have access to the technology and therefore diverse texts in a non-threatening, non-stigmatized way, in a manner that allows them to intuitively explore and interact with electronic text in much the same way as they would enter into a transaction with print text (Rosenblatt,1994)
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Customers
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Educational Institutions
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Demo BlackboardDemo Liverpool CourseDemo basic tools Demo docReaderLogin Blackboard15
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QuestionsPlease visit our website for more information about ReadSpeaker: www.readspeaker.comOr send an email to: education@readspeaker.comPlease visit our booth to arrange a test license for your educational institutionThe future of Education www.readspeaker.com/education
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