The use of one-to-one tablets in literacy education is significant and increasing. This study investigates what 36 grade 1 and 2 students do when they write on tablets with speech synthesis pronouncing what the students write. We observed their writing and explored the motivations for their actions by analyzing video recordings, screen recordings, and students’ texts in light of three concepts from self-determination theory: competence, autonomy, and relatedness. Our results showed silent classrooms in which students seemed engaged in writing. The speech synthesis function leads to a considerable focus on orthography. Moreover, students competed on text length, showed digital tricks to peers, and wrote profanities. These actions are understood as a part of the students’ autonomy and relatedness with peers.

一对一平板电脑在扫盲教育中的使用意义重大且正在增加。这项研究调查了36名1年级和2年级学生在平板电脑上进行语音合成并发音时会写出他们所写内容的行为。我们观察了他们的写作，并根据自决理论中的三个概念分析了录像，屏幕录像和学生的文字，探讨了他们采取行动的动机：能力，自主权和相关性。我们的结果显示，教室里安静，学生似乎在写作。语音合成功能导致人们将重点放在拼字法上。此外，学生们在文字长度上进行比赛，向同伴展示数字技巧，并写下亵渎行为。这些行为被理解为学生自主性和与同伴关系的一部分。