- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 15:47:57 -0400
- To: "Chuck Hitchcock" <chitchcock@cast.org>, "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
At 03:02 PM 8/5/1999 -0400, Chuck Hitchcock wrote: >I suspect that you have not heard anyone who is blind using a flat, >non-expressive voice, at 500 words per minute. No, I've been told it can be done, but have never heard one in operation. Without having experienced it, but having experienced a flat non-expressive voice at a "normal" rate of speed, I don't think I would be able to stand it. Kids often try this too but it >is not unusual for kids using text-to-speech to gain access to subject area >content in spite of reading difficulties to move through the materials faster >than their reading peers. If this is so (I don't doubt it, but it's the first I've heard it), I can understand your concern about having children move from listening efficiently to reading inefficiently. Anne Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/apembert apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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