Making assistive reading tools user friendly: a new platform for Greek dyslexic students empowered by automatic speech recognition

Athanaselis, T; Bakamidis, S; Dologlou, I; Argyriou, EN; Symvonis, A

dc.contributor.author	Athanaselis, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Bakamidis, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Dologlou, I	en
dc.contributor.author	Argyriou, EN	en
dc.contributor.author	Symvonis, A	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T11:47:01Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T11:47:01Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.issn	13807501	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/38073
dc.subject	Assistive reading tool	en
dc.subject	Greek dyslexic students	en
dc.subject	Speech recognition engine	en
dc.subject	Vocal user interface	en
dc.title	Making assistive reading tools user friendly: a new platform for Greek dyslexic students empowered by automatic speech recognition	en
heal.type	other	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/s11042-012-1073-5	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11042-012-1073-5	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	This work presents our effort to incorporate a state of the art speech recognition engine into a new platform for assistive reading for improving reading ability of Greek dyslexic students. This platform was developed in the framework of the Agent-DYSL, IST project, and facilitates dyslexic children in learning to read fluently. Unlike previously presented approaches, the aim of the system is not only to enable access to the reading materials within an inclusive learning system but to promote the development of reading skills by adjusting and adapting in the light of feedback to the system. The idea is to improve speech recognition performance so that gradually increase the reading capabilities of the user, gradually diminish the assistance provided, till he is able to read as a non-dyslexic reader. The evaluation results show that both learners' reading pace and learners' reading accuracy were increased. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.	en
heal.journalName	Multimedia Tools and Applications	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s11042-012-1073-5	en
dc.identifier.spage	1	en
dc.identifier.epage	19	en