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Tag Archives: Literacy

27 Jun

ICT Tip: AT&T voice synthesis provides help with French and English pronunciation

Quick overview: A website that will read back ANY written text in a variety of realistic sounding synthesized voices. What does it do? The AT&T Text to Speech website (http://www.tinyurl.com/k49s9) allows you or your students to type in single words...
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Tools and Apps English, French, Literacy, speech, synthesis, Tips for ALL subjects, voice

19 Jun

ICT Tip: VozMe – Text to sound converter website

Quick overview: Transforms written text into speech files that can be played on portable music players. What does it do? In a nutshell, the VozMe (http://www.vozme.com) website is a “text-to-MP3” converter. The term “Text-to-MP3” means that one can copy and...
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Tools and Apps English, French, ipod, Literacy, mp3, speech, text, word

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Avi Spector is an Education Consultant with the Riverside School Board and the RECIT FGA Provincial Service for General Adult Education. My focus is helping teachers create digital student resources for our community.

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