Phonetic Readings for Braille Readers


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This version of "Phonetic Readings for Lyric Diction" and the "IPA Handbook for Singers" is designed for students with a refreshable braille display. The phonetic system is mutually accessible by both the sighted and the blind.




Phonetic Transcription for Braille Readers


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Students with a refreshable braille display can learn and apply diction rules for the phonetic transcription of English, Italian, German, French, and Latin lyrics. Symbols which are mutually accessible by both the sighted and the blind facilitate the study. This is the braille version of "Phonetic Transcription for Lyric Diction" published by S.T.M. Publishers.




Computerised Braille Production


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Papers Presented at the Conference Held in London, May 30, 1979 - June 1, 1979




Conceptualizing Music


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This book shows how recent work in cognitive science, especially that developed by cognitive linguists and cognitive psychologists, can be used to explain how we understand music. The book focuses on three cognitive processes--categorization, cross-domain mapping, and the use of conceptual models--and explores the part these play in theories of musical organization. The first part of the book provides a detailed overview of the relevant work in cognitive science, framed around specific musical examples. The second part brings this perspective to bear on a number of issues with which music scholarship has often been occupied, including the emergence of musical syntax and its relationship to musical semiosis, the problem of musical ontology, the relationship between words and music in songs, and conceptions of musical form and musical hierarchy. The book will be of interest to music theorists, musicologists, and ethnomusicologists, as well as those with a professional or avocational interest in the application of work in cognitive science to humanistic principles.







Research Advances in the Integration of Big Data and Smart Computing


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The volume, complexity, and irregularity of computational data in modern algorithms and simulations necessitates an unorthodox approach to computing. Understanding the facets and possibilities of soft computing algorithms is necessary for the accurate and timely processing of complex data. Research Advances in the Integration of Big Data and Smart Computing builds on the available literature in the realm of Big Data while providing further research opportunities in this dynamic field. This publication provides the resources necessary for technology developers, scientists, and policymakers to adopt and implement new paradigms in computational methods across the globe. The chapters in this publication advance the body of knowledge on soft computing techniques through topics such as transmission control protocol for mobile ad hoc networks, feature extraction, comparative analysis of filtering techniques, big data in economic policy, and advanced dimensionality reduction methods.




Audio System for Technical Readings


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This book is based on the author's Ph.D. thesis which was selected during the 1994 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Competition as one of the two co-winning works. T.V. Raman did his Ph.D. work at Cornell University with Professor Davied Gries as thesis advisor. The author presents the computing system ASTER that audio formats electronic documents to produce audio documents. ASTER can speak both literary texts and highly technical documents containing complex mathematics (presented in (LA)TEX).




Acquisition of Reading Skills (1986)


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Originally published in 1986. In literate societies around the world, children begin instruction in reading somewhere between the ages of five and seven years. On one level their tasks are very similar – learn the sound-symbol relationship of their languages and apply their linguistic and cognitive skills to gain meaning from print. On another level their tasks seem to vary – orthographies and sound-symbol relationships differ, and cultures’ attitude towards reading and children’s motivation to achieve range widely. This book considers both universal and culturally constrained aspects of the process of learning to read, with the first four chapters exemplifying cognitive universal approaches to reading, and the last four highlighting cultural constraints. It will be of use to researchers and students, as well as teachers requiring an insight into how reading skills are acquired.




Developmental Reading Assessment


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Gives middle school teachers a range of tools to help monitor literacy behavior continuously as they teach, as well as conduct periodic assessments for accountability. Intended to guide teachers' ongoing observations of student's progress within a literature-based reading program.