Spoken+Text

‘Spoken texts’ is as the name suggests a website that converts text into speech. Text can be converted into speech from PDF, Word and PowerPoint files; it can also be converted from web pages. The speech recording can then be downloaded as an mp3 or an audio file into English, French, Spanish or German and listened to whenever the students wishes to. ‘Spoken texts’ can be purchased from the following link. []

‘Spoken texts’ takes the difficulty out of reading and in some cases writing for studnets that have learning difficulties. I would you this program as an aid to reading with students who have dyslexia and also with students that have issues comprehending text, identifying words and reading with fluency. This will mean that students can read along with the text and improve their reading skills by hearing it done correctly. Just like a kindergarten teacher that models reading for the class, ‘spoken texts’ models reading for students of all ages, at any time, and it models a text that is relevant to the individual. This program can also benefit a students that struggles with writing. Students can type text into a specific field in the program and then hear the text back. This allows the students to identify any spelling and grammatical mistakes.

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