The Reading Effectiveness of Using Text-to-Speech Strategy in Academic Subject for an Elementary School Student with Dyslexia

• Main Authors: Wei-Long Ou, 歐委龍
• Other Authors: Chih-Kang Yang
• Format: Others
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50470838379720860619

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 特殊教育學系 === 104 === The aims of this study were to explore the reading effectiveness of using text-to-speech (TTS) in academic subject strategy for an elementary school student with dyslexia. The alternating treatments design of single case experimental design was employed in this study. Using TTS software – TextAloud examined the reading effectiveness for the Chinese and Social courses. The results of this study were summarized as follows: 1. Using the TTS for the elementary school student with dyslexia in the Chinese and Social courses had improvement. 2. Using the TTS for the elementary school student with dyslexia in the scores of Chinese and Social courses had increased significantly. 3. Using the TTS for the elementary school student with dyslexia still have some limitations, such as the program can’t pronounced special symbols and homograph sounds.