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.
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.
Create an audio tour. This can either be for a museum or for tourist spots of interest. The content will automatically be displayed (e.g., audio will automatically be played) when the user approaches the marked spot.