Applications for Text to SpeechText to Speech applications from Universal Design for Learning (CAST) Check out SpeakingFox-a Firefox Add-on that enables Firefox to read text outloud from the web. TexEdit Plus (MAC only $15.00 Single User)Tex-Edit Plus is a scriptable, styled text
editor that fills the gap between Apple's bare-bones SimpleText
and a full-featured word processor. It's fast, efficient, and
has a clean, uncluttered interface. It's also great for cleaning
up text which is transmitted over the Internet. Text to Speech has many options. FREE for all SBCSC teachers and students. Call 283-2015 to request having it put on your computers. Microsoft Word
ReadPlease (Windows)ReadPlease 2003 (Free Edition) offers full support for all Microsoft voices,
reads text via Windows clipboard from any program, Adjustable voice speed (rate) BrowseAloud (Windows and Mac)Browsealoud will read websites out to you and highlight words as they are read out. Says MeSayz Me is a free text-to-speech
reader for Windows. Text is typed in or copied from the clipboard and
then read aloud. Words are highlighted as they are spoken. Select
voice, adjust reading speed, voice pitch, font, font size and color.
Hides in the system tray. Very simple and easy to use. Freeware. Read OutLoudRead OutLoud is currently FREE to users of Assistive Technology in Indiana. Contact your school's DRM. KurzweilWebsites with eText ResourcesProject GutenburgThe Project Gutenberg philosophy is to make
information, books and other materials available to the general public
in forms a vast majority of the computers, programs and people can
easily read, use, quote, and search The Internet Public LibraryThe Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information. The Children's Literature Web Guide"An attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. Much of the information that you can find through these pages is provided by others: fans, schools, libraries, and commercial enterprises involved in the book world." The Alex Catalogue of Electronic TextsA collection of digital documents collected in the subject areas of English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy. BibliomaniaBibliomania is the best loved literature portal on the internet. It has won numerous awards, including being voted one of the top 300 web sites in the World by Forbes magazine, and twice voted one of the UK's top 100 web sites. Bibliomania offers you a superb educational resource with the full text of classic world literature and important non-fiction texts supported by an extensive reference section. Our study guides provide the best in current academic analysis and the Well Red magazine the best in contemporary reviews, articles and interviews Baen Free LibraryBaen Books (Science fiction) is now making available - for free - a number of its titles in electronic format. We're calling it the Baen Free Library. Anyone who wishes can read these titles online - no conditions, no strings attached. (Later we may ask for an extremely simple, name & email only, registration. ) Or, if you prefer, you can download the books in one of several formats. Again, with no conditions or strings attached. (URLs to sites which offer the readers for these format are also listed.) The Library of CongressThe Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. University of Virginia's Electronic Text CenterThe Electronic Text Center provides access to over 5,000 texts (1,200 of these are available for the Microsoft Reader format), including classic British and American fiction, children's literature, and books on American history. Bookshare
Electronic Text CollectionLinks to many sites for downloading eText Accessible Book CollectionTheThe Accessible Book Collection is a non-profit corporation. Our primary mission is to provide high interest/low reading level digital text to qualified persons with disabilities. Government and non-profit schools and others can subscribe to the very affordable Accessible Book Collection and have a large selection of e-books for all their eligible students for one low price. The Online Books PageThe Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to
books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also
aims to encourage the development of such online books, for
the benefit and edification of all.
Major parts of the site include:
Lil' Fingers
Lil' Fingers is a storybook site for toddlers with educational games, storybooks and coloring pages. Our FREE toddler stories, activities & holiday sections are designed with bright colors & big buttons for little fingers. The Story PlaceKids' SpaceKid's section of the Internet Public
LIbrary (see above) NIMAS (National Instructional Media Accessibility Standards)NIMAS refers to a collection of consistent and valid XML-based source
Other Valuable ResourcesUDL Bookbuilder Use this site to create, share, publish, and read digital books that engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills.
Digital Talking Books ResourcesA
digital Talking Book is envisioned to be, in its fullest
implementation, a group of digitally encoded files containing an audio
portion recorded in human speech; the full text of the work in
electronic form, marked with tags of a descriptive mark-up language; and
a linking file that synchronizes text and audio portions. In a digital
talking book, a reader has a random access to book sections via a table
of contents. The digitization of books intended for persons with
disabilities provides opportunities to increase the quality and
availability of information to print disabled persons. IDEAL Website Training ModulesThe Indiana Designs Equitable Access for Learning (IDEAL) a funded Textbook Resource Files
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