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The impact of text-to-speech on comprehension for students with learning disabilities in an urban school.

Sulaimon, Tolulope
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4292-7619
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1565217648124501

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2019, Master of Education, Cleveland State University, College of Education and Human Services.
The A-B-A-B withdrawal design was used to explore the effects of Text-to-speech (TTS) program (Read & Write Gold 11) on comprehension for 2 fourth grade students with learning disability in an urban school while accessing grade level comprehension text. Participants read fourth-grade level comprehension passages from a reading instruction resource. For each session, the student was timed for 35 minutes to read and answer the comprehension passage. The students manipulated the speech option (Pitch, speed, voice and word pause) of the TTS program to suit them. Results show that the TTS program affected the students’ comprehension score. All participants’ scores increased when the TTS program was introduced to read the comprehension passages. In addition, the participants found the TTS program easy to use with less or no support. Limitation and implications for future research are discussed in this paper.
John Schaefer (Committee Chair)
Amanda Yurick (Committee Member)
Terri Purcell (Committee Member)
42 p.
Education; Educational Technology; Special Education
Assistive technology; reading; comprehension; text-to-speech; learning disability

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  • Sulaimon, T. (2019). The impact of text-to-speech on comprehension for students with learning disabilities in an urban school. [Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1565217648124501

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sulaimon, Tolulope. The impact of text-to-speech on comprehension for students with learning disabilities in an urban school. . 2019. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1565217648124501.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sulaimon, Tolulope. "The impact of text-to-speech on comprehension for students with learning disabilities in an urban school. ." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1565217648124501

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