Dear Elaine,
First of all, please note I've had no experience of using voice input in
exams. As someone who has found it essential to use several iterations of
such software, however, I feel that there MAY indeed be a change in
accuracy because of stress, different equipment, [and therefore speech to
noise ratio (SNR)differences]. Voice files would need to be put on to the
machine used for exams and checked to ensure that answers aren't built into
macros, etc. Yes, extra time will still be necessary, probably at least the
same amount of extra time as the specific student would have had if writing
the exam w/o technological assistance. Somebody familiar with the software
should be available.
I'm sure that others have more experience to add to this information. Good
luck, Celia
15:27 02/07/98 GMT, you wrote:
>I have been asked recently about students using voice input in exams.
> Has anybody got any experience of using voice input in exams - are
>there any pitfalls? Does the accuracy change significantly under the
>stress of exams? How much extra time should be allowed? Do they
>also need some kind of extra technical backup available, or
>somebody familiar with the software in case of problems or errors?
> Are there any other questions to consider? The students in question
>have dyslexia and are very slow writers who don't want to use
>amanuensis. The software they would be using is Via Voice (natural
>speech)
>
>I would appreciate any comments.
>
>Thankyou
>Elaine Shillcock
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