Tag Archives: text-to-speech
The new Maestro from DynaVox: Speak your mind and look good doing it!
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg January 4, 2011
Barbara Landsberg January 4, 2011
Another exciting new speech generating device has just been released by DynaVox. Called the Maestro, this one is definitely worth a close look!
Apps for Literacy Support
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, Tools & Resources
Greg O'Connor November 15, 2010
Greg O'Connor November 15, 2010
This Apps for Literacy list as been updated and moved to a new permanent location on our website, http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/article/apps-for-literacy-support. The list will be regularly updated at this new location. Mobile learning tools, such as the iPad and iPod Touch, are devices that allow learning to occur across contexts and environments. These tools are convenient in that they are accessible from virtually anywhere, allowing the …
Synthesised Voices: Or is there a voice for me?
Posted in Tools & Resources, Web links
Jane Farrall November 11, 2010
Jane Farrall November 11, 2010
We have lots and lots of enquiries from people interested in different synthesised voices. For people who use Speech Generating Devices, this is paramount. The voice they select on their device is “their” voice. However, many other people also use these synthesised voices throughout the day – especially those who, for different reasons, need text to be read out to them.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 11 available now
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg September 23, 2010
Barbara Landsberg September 23, 2010
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the most popular speech recognition software worldwide. It offers particular advantages over other speech recognition programs for users with Australian accents because of its more refined speech engine and customised vocabulary.
What’s APPropriate: Using iTunes to Find Gems for Your Students in the App Store
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, Conference 2010, Favourite Sites, New Technologies, Sources for Quality App Reviews, Tools & Resources
Jane Farrall June 1, 2010
Jane Farrall June 1, 2010
I am still bubbling over with ideas and enthusiasm following the fabulous Inclusive Learning Technologies conference last week! What an amazing collection of people, presentations and technology. I promised a few people who were unable to get into the “What’s APPropriate: Using iTunes to Find Gems for Your Students in the App Store” session that I would blog about it soon – providing links …
Ginger spelling and grammar checker – now even better!
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg April 8, 2010
Barbara Landsberg April 8, 2010
You know that MANY students in your classroom struggle to achieve age-appropriate reading and writing skills. This then limits their ability to independently realise their full potential. Just giving these struggling students a laptop will not improve their ability to benefit from your teaching nor from their own research or written work. Adding literacy support software into the package definitely will! Literacy support software …
Take a picture – hear the words on your mobile phone
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg March 25, 2010
Barbara Landsberg March 25, 2010
We mentioned CapturaTalk in a newsletter last year – a clever program that allows your Windows Mobile phone to take a photo of written text and then have it read aloud to you in a clear UK English voice! It will also read aloud text in documents on the phone – including emails, SMS messages and web pages visited. PDF files can now be …
Co:Writer 6 UK Version – The best version yet! Up and running in 30 minutes!
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg March 25, 2010
Barbara Landsberg March 25, 2010
For the past 20 years, Co:Writer has been offering support to students who struggle with reading and, particularly, writing. It is an incredibly clever word prediction program, capable of suggesting correctly spelled and grammatically appropriate words in place of words misspelled by students. This is of great value to students who struggle to even type the first two or three letters correctly, or omit …
After 20 years – A new Lightwriter!
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg March 18, 2010
Barbara Landsberg March 18, 2010
Yes! After nearly 20 years of the very popular Lightwriter SL35 being available, and remaining relatively unchanged, a new Lightwriter has just arrived this week in Australia and New Zealand. Meet the Lightwriter SL40 Standard!
iZoom: A lower cost alternative for people with low vision
Posted in New Technologies, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg March 11, 2010
Barbara Landsberg March 11, 2010
At less than half the cost of ZoomText, iZoom is an exciting new option for people with low vision who need an easy-to-use program for magnifying text on their computer screens. Another big bonus is that iZoom speaks out the text using clear male and female Australian voices!
