The development of the bilingual audiobook to promote listening skill for visually impaired children

Abstract

The objectives of this research are 1) to analyze the required content for designing audiobook. 2) to design the bilingual audiobook and promote listening skill for visually impaired children. 3) to develop a device for reading the contents of the audiobook. 4) to study the satisfaction of visually impaired children. The research

instruments were 1) interviews form on the content requirements for designing audiobook, 2) the bilingual audiobook, 3) the audiobook reader device, and 4) satisfaction assessment form. The result shows that 1) suitable content for visually impaired children (Kindergarten One) is the content of English alphabet A to Z, with a vocabulary category in both Thai and English for many animals. 2) The result of audiobook design, there are twenty-six types of English vocabulary related to animals. 3) The results of the audiobook reader showed that the audiobook reader device consists of Arduino UNO, MP3 module, and NFC module could read on all tags contained in the audiobook, and this device can read MP3 files that match the tag correctly. The satisfaction of visually impaired children on the use of audiobook was at the highest level ( = 2.86, SD = 0.35).