Table 6.

Participants’ average predicted reading comprehension scores across materials with and without TTS.

	Newspapers	Magazines	Religious materials	Novels and short stories	E-Mails	Social media	Texting	Mail and personal letters	Calendars	Recipes
Number of participants	9	7	4	8	5	5	5	6	12	3
Average current comprehension estimation	2.25	2.43	2.25	2.00	2.40	2.33	2.25	2.00	1.58	2.00
Average comprehension prediction with TTS	1.88	1.86	2.25	1.50	2.00	1.80	1.92	1.83	1.75	2.00
Percent change in comprehension with TTS	7.4%	11.4%	0.0%	10.0%	8.0%	9.0%	6.6%	3.4%	−3.4%	0.0%

Participants provided comprehension ratings only if they indicated via the Reading and Technology Experiences questionnaire current reading of that material. Lower scores indicate better predicted comprehension on a 5-point Likert-type scale than higher scores.