ReadtheWords.com

 

ReadtheWords.com is a Web 2.0 productivity tool developed in 2008 that reads any documents such as PDF documents, Word, HTML files, and even RSS feeds. This was initially developed as to assist students with learning disabilities but it is widely used by people who wants to have their work in audio format. They offer variety of voices to select from one of 15 readers. The program is free but you must sign up to access all the readers. You can create your own audio book by copying and pasting the pages into the text box.  Students and teachers can use this tool to convert any document, web page or text into speech with high quality English,Spanish and French voices. The recordings created can be downloaded, streamed or embedded in websites.

This tool is loved by many educators around the world and their testimonials prove that it is a truly effective tool to incorporate into a classroom.  

"This service is godsend for many students, especially auditory learners. I cannot even begin to imagine how many people this will help in the future. We just received approval to offer this service to our entire school. (Email webmaster@readthewords.com to get a special deal like we did. Shhhhhh.) I strongly encourage you to share this service with all your students. Many students will gravitate towards this service. Encourage them to use it for their studies. The results and improvement you see from these students will be astonishing."-Betsy Kline - Special Ed Teacher Potomac, MD

" I use your service with my university students who are learning English. We use ReadTheWords to illustrate how words are spoken by native speakers. ReadTheWords brings the text to life, and stimulates my second language learners in a dynamic way."-David Wilson - Teacher, Daqing Petroleum Institute, China

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