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An easy to use web app that gives you free speech to text dictation in a browser. Great to use to see if student is a candidate for voice recognition!

"The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas: astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, new ways to think and create. Based on Talks given by riveting speakers on the world-renowned TED stage, each show is centered on a common theme - such as the source of happiness, crowd-sourcing innovation, power shifts, or inexplicable connections. The TED Radio Hour is hosted by Guy Raz, and is a co-production of NPR & TED. Follow the show @TEDRadioHour."

Put stickers on a Google Doc directly from Google Keep! Fun way to give supportive feedback to students!

Free text-to-speech application that utilizes the Microsoft voices to read text via Windows clipboard from any program. Additional features include adjustable voice speed (rate), low vision color option, and more

free text to speech software

quick video showing how to create multi-lingual flashcards.

Mark Nichols gives an Ignite Presentation at the VSTE 2012 Annual Conference.

Use Boardmaker Plus or Speaking Dynamically Pro to build talking note boards and study guides. Find out more on assistive technology at http://nolimitstolearning.blogspot.com

Online resource for animated, talking and read along books.

The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit with the mission of providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere. 1800+ videos by topic on Math, Science, Humanities& Other, Test Prep, Talks and Interviews The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit with the mission of providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Learn almost anything for free. With a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 12

The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit with a mission of providing world class education to anyone, anywhere.

Chris Bugaj gives an Ignite Presentation at the VSTE 2012 Annual Conference about a strategy to help people understand and promote universal design for learning

"Augmentative Communication, Augmentative Communication News (ACN), distilling the ongoing research, exemplary practice, and new development activities in the field into a practical format that made it possible for clinicians, students and teachers to translate ongoing research and development into immediate practice. For fifteen years (1994-2009) Michael B. Williams, a gifted writer who himself relies on augmentative communication tools and strategies, wrote, edited, and oversaw the publications of Alternatively Speaking. This newsletter was written by and for people with complex communication needs and covered topics of personal and immediate interest to individuals who benefit using AAC. Alternatively Speaking provides straight talk on key issues, from the perspective of people who rely on AAC. Every single issue of these two seminal publications in the field of AAC is now available"

Richard Byrne lists and talks about resources for creating ebooks and audiobooks 0e

LCPS announcement about home use of Read Write Gold.

This literacy software program has a toolbar with Reading, Writing, Study Skills, and Research tools that include text-to-speech, word prediction, talking spell check and calculator, and more. The customizable toolbar floats on top of applications such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, and Adobe Reader, so students can access the support tools when needed.

This video demonstrates how to use Read&Write for Google Chrome to work with webpages in the Chrome browser, using supports like text to speech, word prediction, talking and picture dictionaries, study skills highlighters and more.