Children are ready for speech technology-but is the technology ready for them ?

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Nicol, Antony Casey, Chris Farlane, Stuart Mac
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	This paper explores the feasibility of utilising commercial speech recognition technology as an input mechanism for young children. Children learn to communicate through speech long before learning to read or write hence speech recognition technology can utilise skills they already possess. Several experiments have been conducted to measure the effectiveness of current speech technology when used by adults and young children. The results of the experiments indicate that the children are very willing to use the technology but there are currently severe limitations precluding its use in educational applications. However, the results do show this technology to be very promising for future use because researchers are continually improving recognition accuracy. This paper provides background and guidelines for researchers wishing to embrace this technology.
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