Voice recognition for on-line literacy: Continuous voice recognition technology in adult literacy training

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 225-240

  Petta, Tony Di ^a   Woloshyn, Vera E ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult learners; Literacy; Reading skills; Voice recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549129359     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012972601388     Document Type: Article

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