Textperformers

The main purpose of this intervention study is to investigate whether a systematic and intensive use of assistive technology (AT) such as speech-to-text and text-to-speech can affect text production, regarding text quality, text length and strategies concerning communicating text for students with dyslexia. A second aim is to study whether this method can affect the students’ self-efficacy as text-performers. A third aim is to develop an AT assessment protocol to assist the evaluation process of matching appropriate AT to students with reading and writing disabilities.
Research questions: What is the impact of using assistive technology (e.g. speech-to-text) for communicating text in students with dyslexia? This regarding
o text quality (higher and lower levels)
o strategies for communicating text (with AT)
o self-efficacy as text-performers

Projekt Text performers
Baggrunden for projektet er, at vi i de tre nordiske lande anvender læse- og skriveteknologi (LST) til elever med dysleksi i grundskolen, men der er stadig begrænset forskning i effekten af dette. særligt når det gælder skrivning. I projektet ønsker vi derfor at undersøge, hvad en intensiv undervisning i brugen af LST, primært tale-til-tekst, betyder for:
1) Elevteksternes kvalitet
2) Elevernes udvikling af strategier til at skrive med LST
3) Elevernes tro på at kunne lykkes med at skrive (self-efficacy)