FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009
BP12_20091203_Tool#5 (Read the Words)
Read the Words
A useful Web 2.0 is one that speak text from the written word. Both Macs and PC's have internal voices that get old after a short while. Read the Words offers 15 different voices in English, Spanish, and French, to read text from just about any document. This is very useful for students who struggle reading, students who need to learn new vocabulary, students learning a foreign language, and anyone looking for voice dubbing or ducking for videos or other presentations. The creation of a downloadable mp3 file is great because the user can then embed the file in PowerPoints, Keynotes, iMovies, GarageBand files, and host of other applications. If the user does not profit, he/she can also embed the mp3 in a web page, similar to the visual message below.
It sort of makes Fred and Alex jealous (they are standard voices on an Apple Macintosh). Please listen to our new friend, Elizabeth, as she briefly describes this Web 2.0 tool.
Read the Words is located at:
http://www.readthewords.com
Posted by tk at 7:46 AM
1 comments:
Joy said...
Despite all the work we are doing as students, I am enjoying what all of us are discovering. Tom, I can use this tremendously for my students to hear and put the words in context. I will have to talk to my tech guy, no not you, at school. I am going to visit this site as well.
Thanks
Joy
December 12, 2009 1:53 PM
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