Communication
6 Communication tools
- Read and Write Gold
- Google Docs Voice Typing
- iPad speech-to-text and text-to-speech
- SpeakIt: Google Chrome Text-to-speech
- WordQ: Google Chrome Speech-To-Text and Word Prediction
- Proloquo2Go: iPad expressive communication
Google Docs Voice Typing
Students can speak into a microphone and Google Docs will convert that speech into text.
If you have trouble getting your headset to work, click here for instructions.
iPad speech-to-text
Students can speak into the iPad and that speech will be converted into text. This will work in any app where typing is required.
This feature is usually enabled on the iPad. If the feature is not enabled, please follow the instructions in the video.
iPad text-to-speech
Students can highlight text and have the iPad read it to them.
This feature is not typically enabled. See the instructions in the video to learn how to enable this feature.
SpeakIt: Google Chrome Text-to-Speech
When in the Chrome browser, a student can highlight a selection of text, press a play button and have text read out to them.
This program is a Chrome Extension called SpeakIt. The video explains how to use the program and also includes a link to a video on how to install the program.
WordQ: Google Chrome Speech-to-Text and Word Prediction
Installing WordQ
