ABSTRACT
Hypermedia programs are being used with computers in many new and innovative ways. Stacks, or files created by hypermedia programs, are used as application programs, tutorials for other software applications (Microsoft Works for the Macintosh), as interactive instructional programs with videodiscs (Hurricane Hugo from CNN News and IBM), and even as database managers. Some hypermedia authoring programs contain pages or cards with a minimum of three features: text, graphics, and buttons. Text and graphics are common in computer software, but buttons are the feature that adds power to hypermedia programs. One of the potential actions that a button can perform when it is pressed is to reproduce speech. Speech can be used to provide instructions or prompts for nonreaders, as well as reinforcement and feedback while stacks are being used by exceptional individuals. Speech has been found to be effective in teaching sight word acquisition to learning disabled students.
