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Iwasaskedtoprovide:•Speech‐to‐text•Text‐to‐speechFor•Chromebooks•WindowsComputers• iPads
ChromebooksandChromeinternetbrowser
• AnythingyoucandoonaChromebookcanalsobedoneonaWindowscomputer,if
• YouinstalltheChromeweb‐browserforWindows computers
SpeechtoText(youspeak,ittypes)
Chrome/Chromebook
SpeechtoText(youspeak,ittypes)
• “VoiceTyping”inGoogleDocs
WindowsComputer
SpeechtoText(youspeak,ittypes)• “VoiceTyping”inGoogleDocswiththeChromeinternetbrowser•WindowshasSpeechRecognitionbuilt‐intotheOperatingSystem•DragonNaturallySpeakingsoftware
iPad
SpeechtoText(youspeak,ittypes)•Built‐intothedeviceifitisaniPad3ornewer• IfitisanoriginaliPadoraniPad2,usetheApp,DragonDictation•UseaheadsetwithaMic(liketheheadsetthatcomeswithiPhones)forbetterspeechrecognitionaccuracy.
TexttoSpeech(itreadsaloudtext)
Chrome/Chromebook
TexttoSpeech(itreadsaloudtext)
• “ReadandWriteforGoogleDocs”willprovidetexttospeechforfree.Ifyouwantadditionalfeaturesyouhavetopay.
•YoucanalsouseReadandWriteforreadingaloudwebpages.
Chrome/Chromebook
TexttoSpeech(itreadsaloudtext)
• “SpeakIt!”Isasimpletoolforreadingaloudtext.Touse,:Highlighttext,rightclick,selectSpeakIt!
WindowsComputer
TexttoSpeech(itreadsaloudtext)• “ReadandWriteforGoogleDocs”willprovidetexttospeechforfreeifyou’reusingtheChromewebbrowserforwindows.• “FreeNaturalReader”software• “Narrator”isbuilt‐intoWindowsoperatingsystem
iPad
TexttoSpeech(itreadsaloudtext)
• “SpeakSelection”isafeaturebuiltintotheiPadsoperatingsystem
•ManyAppsexistforreadingaloudtext,likeiWordQVoiceDreamReaderRead2Go (forBookshare booksonly)
OtherUsefuliPadApps
Readaloudprintedworksheets•KNFBReader,orPrizmo,orClaroPen,TakeapictureofaworksheetandhaveitreadaloudwiththeiPad•GoWorksheet Maker,orClaroPDF”takeapictureofaworksheet,andletthestudenthavetheworksheetreadaloudtothemastheyentertheirresponsesdirectlyontothepage
OtherChrome/Chromebooktools
Word‐prediction(typealetter,itpredictsawholeword)
• “ClaroSpeak”willdoword‐predictionandincludesseveralotherassistivefeatures.
Mustbeplugandplaytowork
ChromebookwithSwitches/Keyboards/Mice
http://cs.unc.edu/~gb/Accessible‐YouTube/
http://tarheelreader.org/
ReadingPen