Talking book reflection

Talking book reflection
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Talking book reflection
The low tech adaptation device I am going to reflect in this one-page paper is the talking book. Talking book is of great value to people with disabilities. For instance, students who are visually impaired will find it easy and convenient to read the talking book (Dell, Newton, & Petroff, 2008). Through the advancement in technology, talking books have been created, which can talk once someone opens them. Thus, through this low tech adaptation of talking book, visually impaired people find reading enjoyable. Subsequently, talking book is vital when it comes to improving the reading skills of students with the disability (PowerPoint, 2018). For example, children develop good reading skills after listening to what they teachers read and repeats after them. Similarly, children with disability are going to learn correct pronunciations of words through the talking book. On another hand, talking book gives children with disability a chance to read them from any sitting position. Thus, this low technology helps student with disability to find learning interesting rather than strenuous. Furthermore, the talking book low tech adaptation gives children time to focus their mental energy on ideas as well as words presented in the book (Dell, Newton, & Petroff, 2008). Hence, such children do not only enjoy reading, but also they learn fast about the presented content in the book. Therefore, talking book is of great significance as far as teaching students with disabilities is concerned.

Auditor learners, nonreaders, as well as students struggling reading finds the talking book of great value. Nonreaders, in this case, refers to both people who are visually impaired and those who do not have the reading skills (Dell, Newton, & Petroff, 2008). There are people in society who can hear and understand the text, but they do not know to read them. Hence, talking book will give opportunity such people to know what is hidden in the writings.
References
Dell, A. G., Newton, D. A., & Petroff, J. G. (2008). Assistive technology in the classroom: Enhancing the school experiences of students with disabilities. Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.
PowerPoint (2018). SED 580 Assistive Technological Devices