These battery-operated keyboards have a small text display, and hold hundreds of pages of text. When it s time to edit or print, the keyboard connects directly to the computer or printer, and sends the text in seconds. Sound Learning a language is a speech and hearing-intensive process. The computer offers ways to give students practice listening and speaking. Language software may be used by small groups of students with headphones and microphones.
Microphones allow students to record and review their speech.
Students also benefit from hearing their writing read aloud. DecTalk is available free for Windows computers, and TexEdit is downloadable shareware for Macintosh systems.