First speech-recognition software for students with learning disabilities</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="First speech-recognition software for students with learning disabilities"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="First,speech-recognition,software,for,students,with,learning,disabilities"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">25-10-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>First speech-recognition software for students with learning disabilities</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Toronto, Canada (Globe Technology): SpeakQ, developed at Bloorview MacMillan with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, is believed to be the first speech-recognition software designed for students with learning disabilities. It combines speech recognition and word prediction in a single product. <br>Fraser Shein, a researcher at Bloorview MacMillan who helped to develop the software, said other speech-recognition programs have failed in helping those with learning disabilities. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051022.gtcomputer22/BNStory/Technology/ " target="blank">www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051022.gtcomputer22/BNStory/Technology/ </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show