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Product: Moby.Read is a tablet-based speech recognition app that grade school students use to administer oral-reading fluency assessments in real-time. The app is intended to replace face-to-face oral reading assessments done by teachers, and to save time and increase the accuracy of the assessment. Through the teacher dashboard, Moby.Read aggregates assessment results at the class and individual student level, and provides teachers detailed reports on types and frequency of errors to inform instruction. Moby.Read is implemented in and out of classrooms to supplement oral reading instruction and improved fluency.
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Supplemental information
Success Story: https://ies.ed.gov/sbir/AnalyticMeasures.asp
Video Demonstrations:
Moby.Read Phase I Prototype: https://youtu.be/4gb0nmbVfQo
SkillCheck Phase I Prototype: https://youtu.be/_97B3FUAA9Q
Recognition: 2020: Finalist for an SIIA Codie Award
Projects and Publications
Bernstein, J., Cheng, J., Balogh, J., & Downey, R. (2020). Artificial intelligence for scoring oral reading fluency. In H. Jiao & R. Lissitz (Eds.), Applications of artificial intelligence to assessment. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publisher.
Cheng, J. (2018, September 2-6). Real-time scoring of an oral reading assessment on mobile devices[Paper presentation]. Interspeech, Hyderabad, India.
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