Download or read book Breaking the Speech Barrier written by Mary Ann Romski and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors use a narrative style to describe their development of the System for Augmenting Language (SAL), which fosters naturalistic exchanges between communication partners using electronic speech- output devices. They chronicle the process of language learning through augmented means for school-age students, and detail an award winning SAL application, Project FACTT. For professionals working with youth with severe cognitive disabilities. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR