The use of voice recognition software as a compensatory strategy for postsecondary education students receiving services under the category of learning disabled

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-64

  Roberts, Kelly D ^a   Stodden, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Dragon Naturally Speaking; Learning disabled; Speech recognition; Voice recognition software; Written language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COLLEGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROL STRATEGY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORD RECOGNITION; WRITING;

EID: 16344367455     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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