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reading program

reading program

3.5
Software that reads on-screen text aloud for people with sight or reading problems
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Using a reading program, she was able to access and listen to her favorite books despite her visual impairments.

Examples

  • The new reading program helps students with dyslexia by converting text into speech.

  • And the reason it's a really bad idea is because as we know today, but people did not understand, then it's reading programs that matters, not writing them.

  • Despite the heated debate in the field over computerized reading programs such as Accelerated Reader, we have little solid evidence from practitioners to fuel either side of the debate.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The collaboration between classroom teachers and teachers of students with visual impairments is also important in developing and maintaining a successful reading program for students with visual impairments.

    Academic text (2009)
  • AR is not a reading program but rather a testing program that is best at demonstrating to teachers that their student has read the book—maybe more about that later.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Braille-reading programs for adults need to accommodate the wide range in levels of literacy among adults, and instruction in letter-sound and vocabulary knowledge may be appropriate for some clients (Troughton, 1992).

    Academic text (2009)
  • Of the 12 high school students who participated in the field testing, 10 were blind (those with light perception or no light perception) and used a screen-reading program (JAWS for Windows) to access their computers, and 2 had low vision (those who met the definition of legal blindness) and accessed the computer screen using MySchoolDayOnline's screen-enlargement system.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Many schools now implement a reading program that reads stories aloud to assist children in developing their literacy skills.

How Capable

reading program
  • Specialized
3.5
speech synthesizer
  • Specialized
1 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

reading + program

The noun–noun combination 'reading' + 'program' transparently signals 'a program for reading' so a B1 learner who knows both words will get a general sense that it is a program related to reading. However, the specific technical sense (a software application that reads text aloud) depends on interpreting 'program' as computer software and on contextual/technical knowledge, so the precise meaning is not fully predictable from the constituents alone.

Etymology

Reading program joins reading (saying the words on the page) and program (a tool on a computer). Imagine a small computer voice reading the words on your screen, so the term means a computer tool that 'reads text out loud' to help people hear written words.