Demonstration of a Reading Coach that Listens

Project LISTEN stands for “Literacy Innovation that Speech Technology ENables.” We will demonstrate a prototype automated reading coach that displays text on a screen, listens to a child read it aloud, and helps where needed. We have tested successive prototypes of the coach on several dozen second gmders. [1] reports implementation details and evaluation results. Here we summarize its functionality, the issues it raises in human-computer interaction, and how it addresses them. We are redesigning the coach based on our experience, and will demonstrate its successor at UIST ’95.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1995
• Where: UIST
• Authors: Jack Mostow, Alexander G. Hauptmann, Steven F. Roth
• Keywords: Project LISTEN Stands, Reports Implementation Details, Software Engineering, Successive Prototypes, UIST 1995