Comments on: YAKiToMe! (Online Resource) http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2008/09/11/yakitome-online-resource/ Supporting Universal Access and Universal Design for Learning Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Francesca http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2008/09/11/yakitome-online-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-3560 Francesca Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:07:57 +0000 http://paulhami.edublogs.org/?p=943#comment-3560 Did some of you tried out Dixero (www.dixero.com)? I'm part of the team and as you have already experienced service like ours it will be great to have your opinion too :) Francesca Did some of you tried out Dixero (www.dixero.com)? I’m part of the team and as you have already experienced service like ours it will be great to have your opinion too :)
Francesca

]]> By: Elizabeth http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2008/09/11/yakitome-online-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-3553 Elizabeth Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:25:42 +0000 http://paulhami.edublogs.org/?p=943#comment-3553 I agree with this useful blog article that YAKiToMe! is an excellent site. I've used YAKiToMe! both for teaching and personal use. I've also explored the other free text to speech (TTS) websites like RTW and I'm of the opinion that YAKiToMe! is the best of breed for the following reasons: - YAKiToMe! supports more languages (English, Spanish, French, German, ...) and voices than any of the other sites. - YAK has no limitations regarding length of content or number of files you can have, such as those imposed by RTW and other sites. Many sites limit you to a few files, or delete your files after a day or so, or limit the size of any file to a certain number of characters. - YAK has innovative features for organizing and searching through your content that the other sites don't have, so you can build your own personal library of audio files. - I especially like the group features for sharing content with my students at school. Most important, the YAKiToMe! website quality is excellent. With the other sites I've run into crashes, slow response times, strange sounding voices, and other problems with them not working. YAKiToMe! has always worked for me without a hitch. Anyway, just my 2 cents. I agree with this useful blog article that YAKiToMe! is an excellent site. I’ve used YAKiToMe! both for teaching and personal use. I’ve also explored the other free text to speech (TTS) websites like RTW and I’m of the opinion that YAKiToMe! is the best of breed for the following reasons:
- YAKiToMe! supports more languages (English, Spanish, French, German, …) and voices than any of the other sites.
- YAK has no limitations regarding length of content or number of files you can have, such as those imposed by RTW and other sites. Many sites limit you to a few files, or delete your files after a day or so, or limit the size of any file to a certain number of characters.
- YAK has innovative features for organizing and searching through your content that the other sites don’t have, so you can build your own personal library of audio files.
- I especially like the group features for sharing content with my students at school.

Most important, the YAKiToMe! website quality is excellent. With the other sites I’ve run into crashes, slow response times, strange sounding voices, and other problems with them not working. YAKiToMe! has always worked for me without a hitch. Anyway, just my 2 cents.

]]> By: Paul Hamilton http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2008/09/11/yakitome-online-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-3550 Paul Hamilton Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:01:51 +0000 http://paulhami.edublogs.org/?p=943#comment-3550 Thanks. ReadtheWords is indeed another excellent online text-to-speech resource. --Paul Thanks. ReadtheWords is indeed another excellent online text-to-speech resource. –Paul

]]> By: PF Anderson http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2008/09/11/yakitome-online-resource/comment-page-1/#comment-3549 PF Anderson Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:50:46 +0000 http://paulhami.edublogs.org/?p=943#comment-3549 Have you seen http://readthewords.com/ ? My son who is dyslexic (among other things) is using it a lot, and it seems similar. We found RTW early last Spring, and use it to take electronic text and convert it to MP3s for his ipod. Great way to study, especially some of the longer web articles. It seems that they are similar ... Have you seen http://readthewords.com/ ? My son who is dyslexic (among other things) is using it a lot, and it seems similar. We found RTW early last Spring, and use it to take electronic text and convert it to MP3s for his ipod. Great way to study, especially some of the longer web articles. It seems that they are similar …

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