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Looking for Audio Read Alouds. This binder offers great read aloud sources for students of all ages. Created by techwithtia

Pre-K to 2nd grade website for beginning reading skills that includes illustrated books and activities; most are animated and read aloud.

Classic online games for ABC's and learning to read!

Starfall provides phonics-based games, stories, and other activities for preschool through first grade level that are interactive, animated, and read aloud. Great for beginning readers and English language learners.

stories read by actors,Online streaming videos of children's books read aloud by various people.

Online videos featuring actors reading childrens' books aloud. Free downloadable lesson plans and related activities are also provided.

Teachers can check out the Activity Guide.

Free text-to-speech application providing natural sounding voices to hear any written text spoken aloud (Documents, PDF files, webpages, Emails,etc.). Convert any written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV

Illustrated books; many are animated and read aloud.

"Free NaturalReader 10.0 Microsoft Voice included All functions to read aloud any text in your computer Change speed and speaker Floating bar to read any text in other applications"

This website has an extensive collection of free, accessible books on a wide range of topics in five languages. Books can be speech enabled and read aloud online in a choice of three voices, or downloaded and saved as PowerPoint slide shows. Instructions are provided on using alternative access methods, including free downloadable IntelliKeys custom overlays. Wait, there's more! Step by step instructions and resources are provided to create your own accessible books on this site.

"Did you know Windows has had Speech Recognition built-in since Windows Vista? This is more than just a way to type by speaking aloud - you can use it to control applications and navigate the desktop with your voice. It's a free, built-in alternative to paid voice dictation programs like Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It's a shame most Windows users will likely never find it buried in the Control Panel."

Kiz Club has some excellent resources for those teaching young children with and without special needs. Indeed it has some nice resources that can be age appropriate for older children with special needs as well. For the younger set the Stories and Props has some wonderful items you can print out and use with common early childhood stories. Buried in that section are some nice, simple, online, switch adaptable, read aloud stories for all ages. Be sure to give them a look.

Pre-K through high school level books. Many are illustrated, animated, and read aloud; some are available in large print. Online quizzes, book reports, lesson plans, and other related activities are also available. Some books are available in Spanish or F

Loudoun County Public Library has free access to Tumblebooks for patrons who have a library card. Loudoun County Public Schools also has a subscription for staff and students to use Tumblebooks.

Cheat sheet created by the Loudoun County Public Schools' Assistive Technology Team on using the Boardmaker Plus v. 6 Symbolate tool. Type in the text, or copy and paste it from a document or the Internet, and the graphics will appear with the text. It also has a text to speech feature that reads the text aloud. Provides wonderful supports for struggling readers and English language learners!

enter up to 10 spelling words, and there is a Teach Me feature with text to speech that says the word aloud, types it while saying each letter, and says the word in a sentence. The Play a Game feature has several interactive spelling games,. The Test Me f

Elementary, Middle, and High School Vocabulary, Spelling, Writing, Parts of Speech, Handwriting, Alphabetical Order

PrAACtical AAC is written by two professors of speech-language pathology, Robin Parker and Carole Zangari, who are passionate about AAC. Our blog is a virtual space where we can muse aloud about the state of the field, share information about implementing AAC strategies, provide resources, and discuss news of interest to the AAC community. You can read more about our blogging journey here and here. PrAACtical AAC's Mission: To improve the level of AAC services available to individuals with significant communication challenges by supporting speech-language pathologists and other interested stakeholders-

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This program is designed to be a fun way to develop your children's early literacy skills as you read story books with them. In the books For Children, you will find coaches, Pedro, Hali, and Monty who give ideas of how to talk with children about the books. In the books For Teachers and Parents, there is also another coach named Terry, who talks about literacy development and suggests fun activities to do with children.

Great resources and activities and prompts in helping children read!