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The Literacy Barrier

The Literacy Barrier. Pat Hall, GILC / OU with help and ideas from Roger Tucker, outside echo Alan Blackwell, Cambridge University. motivation. ICTs “among the most important contributors to growth and sustainable development” (EU response to WSIS) so, everybody should have access, right?

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The Literacy Barrier

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  1. The Literacy Barrier Pat Hall, GILC / OU with help and ideas from Roger Tucker, outside echo Alan Blackwell, Cambridge University

  2. motivation • ICTs “among the most important contributors to growth and sustainable development” (EU response to WSIS) • so, everybody should have access, right? • Literacy rates • global 78% males 67% females • poor countries 70% 53% • Nepal 56% 21% • Persistent Have we really localised ICTs if we exclude illiterate people? LRC-X GILC

  3. Open Knowledge Networkhttp://www.openknowledge.net/ now in Nepal - समुदाय जानकारी केन्द्र LRC-X GILC

  4. Honey Bee Newsletterhttp://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/signs/info_honeybee/honey_bee_newsletters.html LRC-X GILC

  5. What is writing for? • to preserve speech • a recording technology • written form close to spoken form, • though can diverge • but also mediates asynchronous communication at a distance BUT – don’t we have better technology today? LRC-X GILC

  6. normal prostheses • Audio recorders • play / record / fast-back / fast-forward / counter • speech technologies in computers • TTS • can receive the knowledge in writing • How to contribute? • ASR • needs method of confirmation • depends on written form • Do we really need the written form? LRC-X GILC

  7. finding out what is neededoral cultures – Walter Ong • knowledge passed on orally, formulaically • Homeric poems, Panini grammars • additive rather than subordinate • aggregative rather than analytic, cliched • redundant and copious • conservative, traditionalist • close to human lifeworld • “agonistic”, combative • empathetic, participatory, not objectively distanced • homeostatic, live in present, forget the irrelevant • situational rather than abstract LRC-X GILC

  8. finding out what is neededdyslexics as ‘model’ Roger Tucker’s study text-disabled – dyslexic students • think in other ways • need help in organising thoughts • structured presentation of materials • prefer speaking styles • storytelling, interview, commentary • NOT presentation, spontaneous dialogue, reading from text LRC-X GILC

  9. usage scenarios take photographs, explain in speech • hot-spots to click if you want explanation tell story, illustrate with pictures • pop-up as the speech reaches it pictures could be line drawings how else might it be done? LRC-X GILC

  10. audio-visual web-page editor LRC-X GILC

  11. intelligent speech recorder LRC-X GILC

  12. speech typography Alan Blackwell proposals • wants to create in speech • paragraphs • headings • at various levels • emphasis • lists • ... • everything we use for written text. LRC-X GILC

  13. why no pictures ? ? bandwidth problems ? LRC-X GILC

  14. evaluation knowledge sharing networks • Honey Bee network in Ahmedabad • Open Knowledge Network from Oneworld Scenario • illiterate person has traditional knowledge • digital photos taken on the spot • explains knowledge LRC-X GILC

  15. summing up • developing speech plus pictures editor to match the best of text speech is language neutral ! • have design spec from Roger Tucker • developing and evaluating in Nepal • anticipate bandwidth problems • funded by Leverhulme LRC-X GILC

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