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Taking a cue from Around the World in 80 Days, Around the World in A.T. Ways constitutes an episodic text in which two language educators circumnavigate our educational world via emerging technologies.

Around the World in A.T. Ways constitutes an episodic text in which two language educators circumnavigate our educational world via emerging technologies. Above all, Dr. Kevin Gaugler, Associate Professor of Spanish at Marist College and Barbara Lindsey, Director of the Multimedia Language Center at the University of Connecticut, will explore the topic of online technologies in support of language learning and teaching, intercultural competencies and all things global

You don't need to be a QuickTime guru, either. The caption track is added automatically with the click of a button. And clicking the Transcript button compiles all the captions into one concise text file. If you can type, you can make your movies and YouTube videos accessible! (embedded tracks, SMIL, srt transcripts)

audio/video-to-text transcription plus translation and database query

Although the site is in English, French and Spanish, the converter only works for texts in English.

Over 70 topics from Accommodation to Work. Each Phrase is accompanied by a simple pronunciation guide which ensures that there's no problem pronouncing the foreign words. English words are in black text; Spanish words are in red. Practical hints and useful vocabulary are highlighted. Where the English words appear first, this indicates vocabulary you may need. Where the red Spanish words appear first, these are words you are more likely to see written on signs and notices. Where appropriate, possible phrases you may hear in reply to your questions are indicated under You May Hear.

Thx to Wes Fryer for link - "free text to speech converter for PDF files, word processing documents, webpages, and more - looks great for converting articles I want to read into mp3 files I can listen to on the go"

Don't bash Babel Fish and other free automatic translation services: they are invaluable tools to get the gist of a text in a language you don't know. And then Babel Fish comes from Douglas Adams' great novel, "The Hitchikers' Guide to the Galaxy".

Includes automatic translation of copy-pasted text and whole web pages.

Digital library of sites and other video, audio, music, texts and more.

What is VUVOX & what does it do? Your Visual Voice: As a workflow and easy to use online service, VUVOX can enable you create personal, collaborative & emotive expressions using your own digital media - including video, photos, music and text. VUVOX reflects your life. Publish your creations to your own website, blog or MySpace page.

This is a comprehensive flash card study aid site. Make your flashcards to study anything. Add pictures, text and it supports a range of non-alphabetical languages like Chinese and Japanese. You can choose to learn, spell things, test yourself or play games with the information. Browse thousands of sets made by other users without signing in. A free account is required to make your own flashcards. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Cool Text has over 1,200 fonts available for download and browsable by categories and author. Most have credit links and a read_me.txt to show who made it and what the license restrictions might be...(they also have a gimp-powered auto-logo maker)

un gestionnaire d'informations complet conçu pour les journalistes, les consultants, les étudiants. Il vous permet d'organiser vos pages Web, documents, notes, tâches et e-mails. Vous pouvez enregistrer les informations sur les pages web et faire des captures d'écran. En plus, il intègre un moteur de recherche et un traitement de texte. Le logiciel est entièrement gratuit et en anglais.

These videos can be viewed or downloaded with or without subtitles and are useful, regardless of whether you are using the text or not.

parliamentary debate about languages 3rd Dec09

an online concordancer developed by Yasumasa Someya that draws on a number of different text banks, but with links to analyses that relate largely to Business English