Here is my workshop with Eunice! I introduced two useful tools for special needs students: "fromtextospeech.com" and "onenote/learningtools".
I find the tool "immersive reading" extremely helpful for this kind of students.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2cfsj4c26u0c0gu/zoom_3.mp4?dl=0
Those are really useful tools! I was able to follow your instructions to find the websites to try them out myself. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSimple and very clear.. Excellent indeed!!
ReplyDeleteI have been aware of many text to speech tools, but it's always nice to know which ones are still working. The Onenote tool where you see the text highlighted as the word is being read has obvious benefits for language learning. I learned from watching :-)
ReplyDeleteVance, could you mention other useful text to speech tools?
ReplyDeletemarianna casoria I've just realized that I was thinking of speech to text, such as Google Docs, and just about anything on a tablet, where almost all have text to speech (there I go again!) SPEECH TO TEXT built right into the keyboard. I address some of these tools such as https://dictanote.co/ in this section of my recent article:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume19/ej75/ej75int/#othervoicetools
Stevens, V. (2015). Finding Your Voice: Teaching Writing Using Tablets with Voice Capability. TESL-EJ 19, 3, pp. 1-11. Available: tesl-ej.org - tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej75/int.pdf
Vance Stevens thanks a lot!
ReplyDeletebut for text to speech, also many tools, e.g. lmgtfy.com - LMGTFY (and once again we all learn from exploring each other's comments)
ReplyDeleteVery instructive and useful Marianna. Thanks!
ReplyDeletePaula Cunha , you are welcome!
ReplyDeletemarianna casoria the tool you've introduced us to is useful not for learners with special needs only, i'd say. Most present - day young people find it difficult to express their thoughts aloud in public, even in L1. The problem is they spend too much time in virtual world, reading and writing messages.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the tool.I have never used one. Will introduce the tool to my school learners. Believe they will like it, as it's easy to navigate, has a simple interface, and helps to pronounce correctly.
Mariia Ruban ,thanks for appreciation!
ReplyDeletewow! the tools are great! thanks
ReplyDeleteYuliya Zrada , you are welcome!
ReplyDeleteI can't see your video marianna casoria It won't let me download it 🤔
ReplyDeleteLisa Wood I hope it works...
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