Reading

=Web Resources to Support Reading & Writing = Screen Readers and word processing Spelling, Word Prediction and Speech Recognition  Creating Reading Fluency Probes 

Reading & Writing support: Uncluttering and Summarizing

 * [|Readability] add on tool for Firefox or Chrome, create bookmarklet  to make online reading less cluttered, does not provide audio but makes it easier  to use audio support on a page www.readability.com/
 * [|Text Compactor] www.textcompactor.com/ Free online <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">autosummarize tool, as they removed <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">autosummarize  from Word 2010.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Wikipedia Simple Text] - consider translating any <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">wikipedia page into the Simple English version
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Summarize This] (paste in text and click summarize to get a summary of the text) www.summarizethis.com
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|WikiSummarizer] www.wikisummarizer.com S <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">earch Wikipedia, have articles summarized by key points, and lists of articles that are related to your original search provided.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Text to speech - document reading on the screen

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Balabolka]  <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Typeit Readit]  www.schoolfreeware.com/TypeIt_ReadIt.html convert text to sound and insert into other programs
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Natural Voice Reader] for Windows & Mac – www.naturalreaders.com highlights words as they are spoken
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|NVDA] - Nonvisual desktop access www.nvda-project.org/ open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|WordTalk] download plug-in for all older versions of <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Windows MS Word www.wordtalk.org
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Text2Speech] www.adamberent.com/Text2Speech.html
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Speaktext] www.speaktext.com/index.htm works with Vista, convert text to speech and export into Mp3
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|PowerTalk] fullmeasure.co.uk/powertalk/ Add audio to <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Powerpoint  . For Windows.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Read the Words] www.readthewords.com Register and then it is free, has a tutorial, web based uses an avatar
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Voki] www.voki.com/ Create a talking avatar to have it read a student's speech
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Blabberize] www.blabberize.com create a speech and then have different characters speak
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Read and Write]for Google Docs & Web Pages - Chrome Extension (30 days for free and then basic reading afterwards)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Schoolware] [| Downloads] www.schoolfreeware.com/Downloads.html Free Schoolware downloads to assist those who need accommodations

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Text to speech - for Web Browsers

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|TechDis] [| AT Toolbar] www.atbar.org Download for Windows or support to add <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">in to  Browser tools
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">.[|CLiCK] [| Speak Bundle] clickspeak.clcworld.net/ open source, freely available extension for the Firefox web browser does not work with 10.0.1
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">ChromeSpeak : App for Chrome, copy and paste test to have it read.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|FireVox] firevox.clcworld.net/ Screenreader designed for Firefox does not work with 10.0.1
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|VozMe] insert tool into browser or add to web <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">page select text to read vozme.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Audio Pal] www.audiopal.com/ free tool to add audio bar <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">into a browser
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|WebAnywhere] webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php non-visual interface for the web that can be accessed on any public computer to read web pages.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|BrowseAloud] www.browsealoud.com/ allows all <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">browsealoud enabled web pages to be read
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Free OCR] www.free-ocr.com/ <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">upload a file (<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">jpg , <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">gif  , 1 page pdf) and have it converted to text

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">TEXT to MP3

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|ZAMZAR] zamzar.com a wonderful resource for converting <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">document into other formats, one which happens to be mp3.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|ABC2MP3] www.abc2mp3.com/ Resource to convert documents into mp3
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Spoken Text] spokentext.net/ upload ANY document & Spoken text will create audio recordings
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Yakitome] www.yakitome.com/ text to speech, listen and share, create podcasts.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|TextReader] www.codepoetry.net/projects/textreader/ for Mac OSX, convert a text file and save <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">for  a file for iPod.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tools to help with word support: spelling and word prediction

 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Click N’ Type’]s word prediction and keyboard with scanning option – www.lakefolks.org/cnt/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Ginger Software] www.gingersoftware.com (corrects spelling and grammar) Ginger extension available for Chrome
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Ghotit] [| Context Spell Check] www.ghotit.com
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|LetmeType] www.clasohm.com/lmt/en/ Autocomplete for applications beyond <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">office.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Writing Sample Analyzer]–bluecentauri.com/tools/writer/sample.php word counts, paragraph analysis
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Spell Checker] www.spellchecker.net/ online spell checker, grammar and thesaurus
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Free Online Spell Checker] www.jspell.com/public-spell-checker.html English, French, Spanish, Italian, German
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Free Spell] hcidesign.com/freespell/ download spell checker to work with all Windows-based programs

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Voice and Speech Recognition
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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|eSpeaking] www.e-speaking.com/ telling your computer what to do (windows only)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|E-]<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|triloquist] www.etriloquist.com/index.html originally known as SpeakEasy,

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reading support: Creating reading fluency probes from digital curriculum materials
> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Okapi was the old name for the reading fluency <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">generator but the application works the same as the new tool.
 * [|Reading Fluency Generator] www.interventioncentral.org/tools/reading-fluency-passage-generator
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Demonstration of using Okapi with <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Readprint. (open a new wiki window)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Apps to Support Reading and Writing
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|10 Apps for Learners who struggle with Reading and Writing] paulhami.edublogs.org/2012/02/21/10-apps-for-learners-who-struggle-with-reading-andor-writing/