- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 09:04:53 -0400
- To: "Chuck Hitchcock" <chitchcock@cast.org>, "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
At 02:39 PM 8/3/1999 -0400, Chuck Hitchcock wrote: >By the way, images are just one alternative form of information for >non-readers. Talking browsers with synchronized highlighting provide support >for children and adults who cannot read as well. The talking browsers must allow viewing of the graphics as well as highlighting the text being read. They are useless without this feature. The hard work is ahead. How >do you provide support that will encourage kids to read on their own when they >can but provide text-to-speech support when they cannot? We have been working >on this problem but have much to do to accomplish what Al Gilman described as >"even strain". Chuck, children are likely to progress from text-to-speech to reading on their own when the content permits on their own, because once they can read, reading is faster than listening to the text read to them. (perhaps some research to be sure this happens would be in order?) The "even strain" probably needs to be applied individually rather than to a class at a time, and will require coordination of the material, the teacher, the student, and if motivation is critical, the parents and significant others in the student's life. I'm not sure you can do much with the "even strain" from a distance. 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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