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Very very cool Type in text it will either, speak it, translate it, translate then speak it Lots of languages (no Khmer sorry) but could be very useful for kids to here pronounciations etc

"You can build just about any app you can imagine with App Inventor. Often people begin by building games like WhackAMole or games that let you draw funny pictures on your friend's faces. You can even make use of the phone's sensors to move a ball through a maze based on tilting the phone. But app building is not limited to simple games. You can also build apps that inform and educate. You can create a quiz app to help you and your classmates study for a test. With Android's text-to-speech capabilities, you can even have the phone ask the questions aloud. "

OMG Kids building real Apps! You can build just about any app you can imagine with App Inventor. Often people begin by building games like WhackAMole or games that let you draw funny pictures on your friend's faces. You can even make use of the phone's sensors to move a ball through a maze based on tilting the phone. But app building is not limited to simple games. You can also build apps that inform and educate. You can create a quiz app to help you and your classmates study for a test. With Android's text-to-speech capabilities, you can even have the phone ask the questions aloud. Greg, this is for you.

Some very exciting ideas about how we might use the ipad to help make the paperless classroom more appealing. And i love the voice to text app

Free text to speech utility that integrates into Word! For people with reading and writing difficulties, having text reinforced by hearing it read aloud can be very useful. Also a toolbar which might help struggling language learners.