Posted in 1 on Sep 11th, 2008 4 Comments »
This post about a free and versatile online text-to-speech resource is long overdue! This is a service that deserves to be well known, and I’m happy to do whatever I can to spread the word.
YAKiToMe! offers a free online text-to-speech service that allows you to enter text directly, input document files, include feeds from RSS [...]
Posted in 1 on Jul 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve known of Natural Reader for a long time, but I’ve never written about it here. When I took a serious look at this text-to-speech software recently, I concluded that it almost certainly would be an essential tool for countless learners if it were available to them. Natural Reader is an impressive option [...]
Posted in 1 on Jun 1st, 2008 8 Comments »
I set out to write an entirely different post this morning, but first I opened Google Reader. I then got completely distracted and wound up having some fun that I’d like to share. Larry Ferlazzo is a major distraction for me. He persists in blogging relentlessly about websites that sound interesting. Too often, [...]
Posted in Access, Assistive Technology, Free Resources, Literacy, Online Resources, Productivity, UDL on Mar 21st, 2008 3 Comments »
Effective text-to-speech options have proliferated in recent years. A couple of days ago, Richard Byrne pointed us to yet another one that is worth knowing about. The developers indicate that their initial purpose was, “to assist students with learning disabilities with their studies, by means of auditory learning and auditory processing.” [...]
