Some text-to-speech utilities called screen readers are designed primarily for visually-impaired users. All allow the user to adjust reading speed some apps also provide a pitch adjustment. For some apps, additional voices can be purchased. All of these utilities and apps allow the user to choose different reading voices to suit their preferences (male/female voices, adult/child voices, different accents or dialects) and their reading needs (read different languages – e.g., select a Spanish speaking voice to read aloud text in Spanish). Text-to-speech reads aloud selected text with human-sounding synthesized voices. _ Simple text-to-speech (TTS), E-readers with text-to-speech and other reading tools Online Personal Training (OPT) also available through TechPotential - email or call for details **Learning: Links to selected online training resources and video tutorials *Platform: W=Windows M=Mac C=Chrome i=iOS/iPadOS A=Android o=online &=other K-12 students access digital audiobooks & e-books through schools with Sora membershipīeta project with access to over 5000 human-narrated audio titles for kids, teens, and adults Spoken text visually highlighted on Fire, some Android devices.īorrow digital audiobooks & e-books from local libraries (library card required) use in mobile apps or web browser See e-text, hear synchronized narrated audiobook requires purchasing Amazon Kindle e-text and Audible audiobook. Professionally-narrated audiobooks adjustable reading speedĪudible + Kindle WhisperSync and Immersion Reading Read human-narrated audiobooks some include synchronized e-text ("VOICEtext"). Device or Softwareĭescription / Noteworthy Features ©_2023_TechPotential See the section "Resources for Alternatives to Printed Text - Electronic Text (E-text) and Narrated Audiobooks" (below) for more info about media providers including eligibility requirements and the contents of their media libraries. Most audiobook apps only work with media acquired from that provider (e.g., audiobooks from Learning Ally can only be used with the Learning Ally Audiobooks app). (Thank you! :-)Īudiobooks are recordings of human narrators reading aloud. Use this link: One request, though: please don't copy and paste the information tables directly into your own works. That way, your website visitors and workshop attendees will always have access to the latest version. Please feel free to link to this resource page from your own website or presentation. I hope you find this information both helpful and enlightening.
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