Better late than never as I have just joined this group. ReadSpeaker provides text to speech (TTS) engines for websites and iOS and Android apps which combine text reading with word by word text highlighting on any end user hardware.
The service has a growing range of early Australian adopters including Centrelink, Comcare, Dept of Health and Ageing, Dept of Human Services, FAHCSIA, and the Australian Paralympic Committee. In elearning, adopters include Gale and Cengage.
I would be happy to provide information to interested elearning professionals and I can be reached on richard.ings@readspeaker.com.
EtherPad - web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real-time. Create your own URL's to documents. Permanent, undo versions stored. Text based (not RTF yet)
When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate on text documents, useful for meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming, and more.