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"The great part of integrating technology in the classroom is that it gives students a voice...sometimes a voice without having to be audibly heard."

"Meet Dictation v2.0, a web-based speech recognition app that will transcribe your voice into digital text using the Chrome Speech API. You can also install Dictation as a Chrome App. Unlike the regular Chrome web apps that are nothing but fancy bookmarks, the Dictation App for Chrome will run entirely on your computer."

Add audio to your presentations by typing in your speech. You choose the voice that will speak your presentation. Advance the slides automatically based on what is being said by the presentation.

"Screencasting tools are a popular option for use in schools. At their most basic they allow you to record a video of what is on your computer screen, along with your voice, and depending on the program perhaps your webcam as well. Some may go further to provide you with annotation tools to write on or highlight portions of the screen while recording."

A neat web conferencing and webinar site that is completely free. Uses chat, voice, and video to collaborate.

"Richer than a document, simpler than video, SlideSpeech transforms the way ideas are shared. By reading the speaker notes in your own presentation using the latest text-to-speech technology, SlideSpeech ensures your message comes across loud and clear."

"Build better video lessons, together Find a video and make it yours" Crop YouTube, Khan Academy videos, explain the video with your voice including audio notes for clarification, introduction, etc., and add a quiz/check for understanding at the end.

"Google Docs is a powerful word processing program with many unique features including voice typing, the Explore tool, Version History, web fonts, and much more. However, Google knows that even with all of those features, Docs may not be able to do everything you want it to do. So Google Docs allows you to install Add-ons to extend the capabilities of the program."

"Kialo is designed to facilitate constructive debate about the most important issues in the world, without turning into the usual Internet Shouting Factory. We aspire to become not just where you come to argue, but also where you can explore the reasons why people disagree and see diverse points of view on the issues that matter. On Kialo, you can view and critically assess others' discussions, add your voice, and watch the conversation expand as more and more people chime in."

"Narakeet is video presentation maker with voice over. Use it to convert PPT to video easily, create a slideshow with music or turn lecture slides into videos. Make videos from PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote. Create full HD videos for YouTube from slides. Use our templates to quickly make videos for Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter. Automatically add subtitles and closed captions to videos. No registration or account needed to get started, no watermark added to videos."

"Say or Click Tip: While dictating, press Enter↵ (on keyboard) to quickly move results from buffer to text editor."

Synths are searchable and scannable on Explore, shareable externally with transcriptions and each one is a gateway to more. Use threads, hashtags and comments to have open, real-time conversations or in an experience you synthesize using Podcasts. The website includes essential tools for synthesizing an experience, including participation management, privacy and publishing controls. Invite one or many participants. Discuss a topic on a one-time or ongoing basis. Keep it private for participants only or make it all discoverable.

"Unhangout is an open source platform for running large-scale, participant-driven events online. Each event has a landing page, which we call the lobby. When participants arrive, they can see who else is there, what topics other participants want to discuss, join an "unhangout," and chat with each other."

"Audio Recorder & Notepad for lectures, meetings, conferences, interviews and memos"