Literacy and the writing voice: The intersection of culture and technology in dictation

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 294-327

  Honeycutt, Lee ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictation; Literacy; Mnemonic; Orality; Techniques; Voice recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042687341     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651904264105     Document Type: Review

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