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This five-month exploratory qualitative study using the My Voice IOS application in special education classes in two Toronto secondary schools sought to assess the degree of attention student pay to their work, motivation levels of students with special needs to use this technology and identify factors that have the greatest influence on integrating technology in to the curriculum. My Voice is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app for students with memory and communication deficits that shows a word or a phrase that the students touches, or the student can download a picture, and it will say a word a word or phrase. The studies participants were 25 students with special needs with an age range from 12-21. Quantitative data

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