In this episode, Assistive Technology Director, Dr. Kirsten Kohlmeyer, joins to discuss the power of accessibility and text-to-speech tools in classroom environments. You’ll also hear plenty of digital resources to check out for text-to-speech options, audiobooks, and more!
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Tips for using text-to-speech tools
- Focus on the task.
- Examine “return on time” investment.
- Look at what your favorite tools already do.
- Figure out if a tool works for your goals
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Episode Resources
- Connect with Kirsten Kohlmeyer by sending her an email
- Check out Kirsten Kohlmeyer’s Edutopia Profile and recent article
- Find out more about Redwood Literacy on their website
- Bookshare (Digital library)
- Learning Ally (Audio books for dyslexia & learning disabilities)
- Closing the Gap
- Assistive Technology Initiative (ATI)
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- How to Use Technology to Support Every Student Writer (Blog Post)
- Best Practices for Using Technology to Support Multilingual Learners with Valentina Gonzalez (Podcast Episode)
- How to Support Multimodal Learning (Blog Post)
- How to Make Documents Accessible with One-Click OCR Scanning (Blog Post)
- Reading Progress: A Reading Fluency App in Microsoft Teams (Blog Post)
- Transform Digital Documents with a New Tool (Blog Post)
- Make Your School Videos More Accessible with HapYak’s Video L10N (Blog Post)
- Addressing Elementary Achievement Gaps with EdTech (Blog Post)
- The Importance of Supporting Students with Mobile Devices (Podcast Episode)
