Essays about: "Audiobooks"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 24 essays containing the word Audiobooks.

  1. 6. AI-Narration Acceptance Among Frequent Audiobook Users: A Quantitative Study on Demographics and Personal Characteristics of Consumers

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Zulaika Molin; [2022]
    Keywords : AI-narration; Audiobooks; Consumer acceptance;

    Abstract : This comprehensive survey study examines consumer acceptance of AI-narration, along with demographic and individual characteristics that may influence the general acceptance of synthetic speech, including age, gender, importance of the narrator, previous technological experience, and frequency of audiobook use. The study also includes an experiment to evaluate general acceptance of AI-narration, which did not reveal any negative attitudes towards AI-narration, contrary to the initial hypotheses. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Use of Assistive Technology by Croatian Elementary School Teachers with Pupils with Reading Disabilities : a Survey Study

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Kristina Tolic; [2022]
    Keywords : reading disability; dyslexia; elementary school teachers; pupils; audiobooks; talking books; assistive reading and writing apps; libraries; Croatia; cognitive authority theory; cognitive load theory;

    Abstract : Reading affects everything we do in life. Sometimes it is difficult to determine how many people have a reading disability, and what tools can be used to overcome it. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Audiobook as a Teaching Tool : English teachers’ attitudes towards using the audiobook as a teaching tool in the SLA classroom

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Elina Ala-Jukuri; Hanna Envall; [2022]
    Keywords : audiobooks; reading experience; reading comprehension; listening comprehension; SLA;

    Abstract : The increased popularity of listening to audiobooks has influenced the discussion of literacy, pressuring the educational system to adjust accordingly. This study investigates if the audiobook is being used as a teaching tool in the upper secondary, SLA classroom and what attitude teachers have toward using audiobooks in their teaching as well as the reasons behind their attitudes. READ MORE

  5. 9. A System for Creating, Sharing and Listening to Interactive Stories

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Krister Emrén; Nicke Löfwenberg; Alexander Sellström; [2021]
    Keywords : interactive stories ; audiobooks ;

    Abstract : Perhaps nothing explains the concept of interactive stories better than The road not taken by Robert Frost. His poem tells the story of a man following a road through the woods, when he comes to a fork in the road. READ MORE

  6. 10. Catching the Audiowave: A study on the audiobook's effect on Swedish publishing houses

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Amanda Johansson; Tobias Schreiber; [2021]
    Keywords : Audiobooks; Publishing industry; Institutional Logics; Disruptive Technology; Legitimacy;

    Abstract : Through a qualitative study, this thesis aims to investigate how Swedish publishers have managed the adoption of the disruptive audiobook innovation. Semi-structured interviews were held with nine managers in Swedish publishing houses. READ MORE