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Learning disability is a classification including several disorders in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner. Reading disability or difficulties in reading is one of these disorders. Many researchers assert that there are different types of reading disabilities, of which dyslexia is one. Dyslexic children suffer from reading difficulties and face many challenges in their educational life. In this paper we propose an Arabic reading assistance solution for dyslexic children, it is an automatic speech recognition software based on analyzing phonetic isolated Arabic alphabet letters. The software application provides an environment for dyslexic children to develop and improve their skills of reading and spelling.
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Taileb, M., Al-Saggaf, R., Al-Ghamdi, A., Al-Zebaidi, M., Al-Sahafi, S. (2013). YUSR: Speech Recognition Software for Dyslexics. In: Marcus, A. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability. Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience. DUXU 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8013. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39241-2_33
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