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Create a short video by taking a photo and recording your voice. You indicate where the mouth should go, and the mouth is animated for you. You can also add stickers, frames, text and photo effects. ChatterPix (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chatterpix-by-duck-duck-moose/id734038526?mt=8) is the same app, but aimed at adults instead of kids. Limitations: Non-Roman characters not accepted in the text input.

Reads text aloud. I tried out the free version using Japanese. 20 languages available. Limitations: Free version reads for about 5 seconds before stopping. (You can restart it.) This may actually be helpful, depending on the level of the learner.

Furigana and English definitions for reading Japanese news articles. Features: Sort articles by their difficulty level Tap a word to see its English translation Furigana for all words + adaptative display by JLPT level Highlight vocabulary by its JLPT level Verb conjugation identifier Bookmark documents to read later Bookmark words Extracts vocabulary list for each text organized by JLPT level and part of speech Quick links to look up each word on reference sites like Jisho.org, Tangorin, Japanese Exchange, etc. Tap-to-reveal furigana mode new! Night Mode new! Text sources: NHK News Easy NHK Top news Japanese folk tales

Choose an avatar and type (text-to-speech) or record your voice. The app creates an animation. You can also customize the background  with photos or drawing. You can share the animations using Facebook, Twitter, email, text message, or URL. Limitations: Free as of 3/5/2014, but may become a paid app.

Create a collage that includes images and text.

App uses text-to-speech to read aloud articles that you save from the internet. You can control the reading speed.

Annotate images with text, video, other images.

Add video and text to images.

Educational social platform for educators and students.  With eduClipper you can: + Explore top quality education resources for K-12 + Create clips from the web, Drive, Dropbox + Use your camera to capture awesome work that you create + Create differentiated groups and share content with them + Create Personal Learning Portfolios + Create Class Portfolios as a teacher and share Assignments with students + Provide quality feedback through video, audio, text, badges, or grades + Collaborate with other users on eduClipboards for class projects or personal interests

Students submit written assignments via a dedicated email address, and the instructor uses this app to annotate the submission, including text notes and drawing. The app exports the annotated submission as a PDF and sends it back to the student.

Use a photo in a collage with a map and text to show where the photo was taken. 

Create a presentation with images, video, and text. Invite others to edit.

Create and play treasure hunts. Create clues using text and by photographing objects and using the GPS in your device. Players solve the clue by being in the right location and photographing the same object.

Leave text notes for specific people that they only receive at a particular location. Students or teachers could use this to create a treasure hunt in the TL that other students would use.

Text and voice chat with people to practice your second language and help them learn yours. This app has tools built in so that you can make corrections to others' writing and get corrections to your own.

Create & share educational games based on a collection of templates, such as matching, memory, and coloring. Can include sound, video, text, and images. Resulting games can be played on iPad or the web.

Create books, either based on a template or not. Upload photos, record your voice and type the text. Includes a space for the teacher/parent to type a corrected version.

iPhone and iPad dictionary for Chinese learners With a single tap get translations of unknown words and characters in Chinese texts Paid version includes flashcards

Via the web, you can create multimedia flashcards. Enter words or an entire text. You can also access pre-made flashcards. iOS and Android apps available for using flashcards only.

An eReading program for K12 schools, Subtext is an iOS app that brings reading to the digital world where today's students live, play, and learn. When educators embed questions, discussion prompts, polls, videos, and web links in digital text, students begin to read closely and with purpose. Teachers call Subtext a "game-changer" for its ability to promote collaborative 21st Century learning while teaching students the skills they'll need to be successful in college and careers.