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ERIC Number: ED601786
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-
EISSN: N/A
Getting Started with ASR: Exploring Audio-Supported Reading with Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired--A Resource for Parents, Teachers, and Students
Jackson, Richard M.
National Center on Accessible Educational Materials
Audio-Supported Reading (ASR) is a technology-based approach for accessing and working with text presented in either braille or enlarged (magnified) print. This approach allows a user to listen to a spoken version of text while looking at screen-displayed print or while touching braille. In ASR, both the rate of information pick up and the portion of attention paid to braille or print--in combination with speech--can be controlled by the user. With sufficient practice, both braille readers and magnified print readers can greatly increase the rate at which they move through text using ASR. The purpose of this document is to identify a few simple technology tools (hardware and software) that will allow students, parents, and teachers to try out ASR first hand to determine if ASR's presumed advantages are useful to, and thus appropriate for, particular learners with visual impairments. Resources available for investment of time and money will have an impact on choices for the selection of technology tools that will vary by user or user group. This resource is intended to increase the comfort and confidence with which such decisions are ultimately made. [This document was originally a product of the National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum (NCAC). This version was updated and distributed by the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials (AEM Center).]
National Center on Accessible Educational Materials. e-mail: aem@cast.org; Web site: http://aem.cast.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Parents; Teachers; Students
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS)
Authoring Institution: National Center on Accessible Educational Materials at CAST, Inc.
Grant or Contract Numbers: H327Z140001