Speech Recognition

[Masterson, Julie]

Hello,

I've been able to find only limited work in the lit so far.  We cover the
few studies that are out there in Wood, L., & Masterson, J. (1999). The use
of technology to facilitate language skills in school age children. Seminars
in Speech and Language, 20(3), 219-232.

We've been using Dragon Naturally Speaking for Teens and have had decent
results.  We've only run one kid so far, and we'll present our findings at
ASHA in Washington this year.  We tried several products before this one and
it was by far the best for this student, who was 14 years old.  The reading
material used for training is at a lower level.

If you're interested in receiving the ASHA paper or a reprint of the
Seminars article, email me.

Best,
Julie

Julie J. Masterson, Ph.D.
Professor
Communication Sciences & Disorders
SW Missouri State University
901 S. National Avenue
Springfield, MO   65804
off 417-836-6505
fax 417-836-4242

email: JulieMasterson at mail.smsu.edu
http://www.smsu.edu/csd/faculty/jjm.htm


Date: 5 Jul 2000 10:58:12 -0400
From: "Janet_C_Read" <Janet_C_Read at breathe.co.uk>
Subject: Fw: Speech recognition




Dear all

Has anyone out there done / found any research on the use of speech
recognition software with children aged 6 - 10? If so, could anyone
recommend a product - I've had very limited success with via voice, which is
tricky to train.  Are there any speech corpora out there which I could use
for kids and possibly import into a standard package?

Janet Read - University of Central Lancs.. England




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Date: 5 Jul 2000 11:08:06 -0400
From: Joshua Thompson <joshua_thompson at juno.com>
Subject: Re: references about pragmatics at school

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 09:04:52 +0200 "bernicot"
<josie.bernicot at mshs.univ-poitiers.fr> writes:
> Dear Childes Subscribers,
>
> I am looking for references about:
>
> *Pragmatics and pedagogy
> *Pragmatics in teachers and children
> *Pragmatics in interaction between teacher and children
> *Pragmatics in interaction child-child at school
>

These references inform my dissertation research on adaptations in
caregiver speech that nurture the acquisition of pragmatic competence. My
focus is on the eighteen-month-old toddler, and the primary caregiver is
the parent, but many of these references address schooling. The Linda
Thompson (1996) article is especially insightful. It is published by
Multilingual Matters.

	Baron, N. (1990). Pigeon-birds and rhyming words. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ:
Center for Applied Linguistics.
	Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (1999). How babies talk: The
magic
and mystery of language in the first three years of life. New York:
Dutton.
	Hymes, D. (1968). The ethnography of speaking. In J. Fishman (Ed.),
Readings in the sociology of language (pp. 99-139). The Hague: Mouton.
	Hymes, D. (1972a). Editorial introduction. Language in Society,
1(1).
	Hymes, D. (1972b). On communicative competence. In J. B. Pride & J.
Holmes (Eds.), Sociolinguistics (pp. 272). Harmondsworth: Penguin.
	Krashen, S. D., and T. D. Terrell. (1983). The natural approach:
Language acquisition in the classroom. Oxford: Pergamon.
	Leonard, A. M. (1997). I spy something: A practical guide to
classroom
observations of young children. Little Rock: Southern Early Childhood
Association.
	Lindfors, J. W. (1991). Children's language and learning. (Second
ed.).
Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
	Marrou, H. I. (1956). A history of education in antiquity (Histoire
de
l'edcation dans l'antiquite, trans.). (3rd ed.). New York: Sheed and
Ward.
	Montessori, M. (1965). The Montessori method; scientific pedagogy as
applied to child education in "the Children's Houses.i Cambridge, Mass.:
R. Bentley.
	Montessori, M., & Claremont, C. A. (1967). The absorbent mind. New
York,
N.Y.: Dell.
	Rice, M. L., & Hight, P. L. (1990). The "Motherese" of Mr. Rogers: A
description of the dialogue of educational television programs. ERIC,
ED264043.
	Snow, C. E. (1972). Mother's speech to children learning language.
Child
Development, 43, 549-565.
	Snow, C. E. (1977). Mother's speech research: from input to
interaction.
In C. E. Snow & C. A. Ferguson (Eds.), Talking to children: Language
input and acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
	Thompson, L. (1996). The development of pragmatic competence: Past
findings and future directions for research. Paper presented at the
Current issues in language and society, University of Durham, England.
	Wolfson, N. (1989). Perspectives: Sociolinguistics and TESOL.
Boston:
Heinle & Heinle.

Hope this helps.

Joshua_Thompson at JUNO.com
Cedar Hill, Texas
972-291-6710

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