Books on tape?
Name of Tool: ATutor
This is a site that I want to watch. When the text-to-speech server comes up, I'd like to incorporate it into a project.
URL: http://www.atutor.ca
Price: Free (My favorite word!!)
Brief Description of Tool: This is a learning management system. It has all of the usual bells and whistles that an online teacher needs. What is cool is that "Research is currently underway to integrate a text-to-speech server with ATutor that converts text content into audio form, and returns it to the user as a file that can be listened to in one of many common multimedia applications." This would be great for adult students who drive alot and those with learning disablities. They could have their text read to them in the car! ATutor allows for template choice and has an easy non-HTML way to change fonts and color, etc. Not having to go into the programming for every little change makes this a good choice for non-programers.
Ease of Use: Pretty easy. Downloads right onto your desktop.
Application: ATutor is a Canadian open-source Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS)
posted by Kath @ 11:57 PM
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ATutor that converts text content into audio form, and returns it to the user as a file that can be listened to in one of many common multimedia applications." This would be great for adult students who drive alot and those with learning disablities. They could have their text read to them in the car!
Hmmm, typically text-to-speech applications are used when a user is still on the computer. How are you going to get the audio file to the car in order to listen to it — I'm thinking of an iPod that would be connected to the car? I would curious as to how they are going to do this.
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