The best text to speech I’ve heard

Many of us don’t like the sound of our recorded voices- yet we realize how helpful a

soundtrack can be for our students.  Enter Voicepods.  This free service allows  you to

enter text, insert emphasis, pace pauses and then provides a url so you can share! How

could this work with your students?  Maybe as homework support? Or copy student work

and let them listen to their writing? Special thanks to Joan Younger and Eric Hall for

their suggestions. Click here to listen to this post. (PS- you are limited to 5 free recording per month.)

Letter the text speak

Do you have students who would benefit from listening to the text on a web page?  Speak to Text is a chrome extension (free) that you can install.  Then just highlight the text on a web page and right click.  Be sure the sound is on!

Think about the option- you could take text from Discovery Education resources and convert it to an ebook!  You can access Speak Text from the Chrome Store here.