Ben Buchanan wrote:
On a different front... reading vs. listening also has some interesting effects in education - some students like to listen more than they like to read; others like both; etc.
Speaking as a teacher. I have students with dyslexia who use books on CD:s, etc instead of regular ones, as they learn better through listening than they do by reading.
Client side conversion of (X)HTML to sound that one can easily navigate (a.k.a. SMIL) has a huge potential as I see it.
In Swedish schools there is a big push towards the DAISY format, which makes use of SMIL. Students that have impaired sight or cognitive disorders may borrow special MP3-player like Daisy-players.
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