6. Accessibility
Text to Speech
It is more than accessibility -
It is accessing abilities
7 million students have a disability
Sensory, physical, cognitive or a learning disability.
That means 14% of all our students have a disability of
some sort or another.
7. Speak Selection
First let’s identify their abilities and provide
them access.
Once they have access, they have accessibility.
Making these things possible, we give them
the power of access
1. Voice over
2. Text to speech
3. Zoom screen
4. Magnification
5. Keyboard Shortcuts
6. Enlarged Cursors
7. Dictionaries
8. Thesaurus
9. Spell Check
10. Speech Recognition
11. iChat
8. Voice Dictation/ Siri
Voice Dictation
It can be much faster than typing and here are
a few tips:
1. Speak slowly and clearly.
Pronounce things clearly.
2. Add punctuation commands as you speak.
In General, find “Siri” and flip the switch to “ON” make any
changes to Voice Feedback.
10. Audiobooks
http://robertmunsch.com/books
Discovery has 151 movies and audio files from Scholastic to
create your own read-along books.
Search under weston wood to find video and mp3 files.
11. GarageBand
Discovery have 63 Rabbit Ears editable videos which are
narrated by famous actors and actresses. Editable means you
able to extract the audio file from the video file in
GarageBand or Audacity.
12. Flash
rover - free
brainpop *
starfall
mightybook *
morestarfall *
clicknkids *
big universe *
one more story *
reading a-z *
raz-kids *
tumblebooks
13. AAC
Augmentative and
Alternative Communication
$49.99
http://voice4uaac.com/
An application that helps individuals express themselves and
improve language. DE has images you can use. Teachers and
therapists qualify for a free code!
14. Talking Books
Duck Duck Moose Tumble Books
Silly Books McGenius
iReading HD Rabbit Ears
Dr. Seuss Toy Story
Learning A-Z *
15. ePub
http://www.epubbud.com/
ePubBud is a great platform you can use to create digital
publication and share it with the world.
It is easy to use and free of charge.
http://www.gutenberg.org/
16. iBook Author
tutorial
iBook Author
You can create books that have a table of contents, glossary,
widgets, text and media such as movie and audio files. Takes
advantage of Voice Over technology.
17. Closed Captioning
Why on DE?
1. Assisting those students who are hearing impaired.
2. Helping your student who are struggling readers
3. Emphasizing grammar and vocabulary
4. English Language Learners
20. YouTube Storybooks
English Talking Books
Books were always only being read. Appu Series have
brought you Talking Books that narrate the story to as if it
were from a book. Currently there are 67 titles.
http://www.eappuseries.com
22. Create karaoke
http://www.iamlodge.com - 42 songs
http://www.twinsisters.com - 240 songs
http://musicwithmar.com/
http://www.4boysinc.com/teacherandtherockbots
Discovery has the mp3 file and the lyrics
23. Teleprompter
VRT2
Video Recording
Teleprompter
$2.99
24. Digital Books
Enjoy unlimited, no-strings-attached access to the MeeGenius! library with a complimentary subscription.
Our unique catalog contains beloved titles in addition to brand-new, interactive stories. Stories we know
children love.
Text to Speech makes sense for a person who is \nvisually impaired but it also makes sense for kids who have LD or auditory learners. It makes sense for everyone.\n
