Category Archives: Text to Speech

OrCam My Reader and My Eyes for Text, Facial and Product Recognition

Posted on November 26, 2017 by

  Advances in optical character recognition (OCR),  object recognition, artificial intelligence and computer vision has resulted in remarkable, new products to aid individuals with visual impairments. One such new device, the OrCam, provides a variety of features allowing OCR and … Continue reading →

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Voice Dream Reader App on Sale

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

Through July 4th, Voice Dream Reader app for iOS ( 6.99) and Android (4.99) is 50% off. This is a great value for this multi-function app that reads aloud documents, articles and web sites and supports a wide variety of formats. … Continue reading →

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Word Bank for Google Chrome

Posted on May 5, 2017 by

Word BankDon Johnston just announced another new product, Word Bank for Google Chrome. A similar support to Co:Writer but without the prediction features, Word Bank easily creates a word cloud or word list on a topic from an electronic document … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Google Chrome, Google Docs, Text to Speech, Traumatic Brain Injury, Writing | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Accessing Print on the Fly with Mobile Devices and Apps with OCR and Text to Speech

Posted on February 19, 2017 by

Apps with text to speech are nothing new. Many apps with text to speech are available for mobile devices to access print on the fly for individuals with visual, learning or cognitive disabilities as may be required in a academic , home setting or in the community. … Continue reading →

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Read to Me in Book Creator 5 — The Website of Luis Perez

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

Luis Perez shares a new feature of Book Creator 5  for iPad (4.99) that provides a “read to me” for stories created. This is a great new feature of the popular Book Creator app for iPad. Read more on Luis’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Assistive Technology, Early Childhood, Emergent Literacy, iPad, Reading, Text to Speech | Leave a comment

C-Pen Reader Scanning Pen with Text to Speech

Posted on October 15, 2016 by

C-Pen Reader Pen Scanning pens with text to speech and dictionary support have been around for quite sometime. The first pens I used were the Quicktionary Pens probably about 10 years ago as a handheld reading tool. Although they scanned and … Continue reading →

Posted in Adults, Adults with LD, Assistive Technology, Learning Disability, OCR, Post secondary, Print Disabled, Reading, Text to Speech, Voice Recorder | Leave a comment

Converting Hard Copy Text to Digital Format

Posted on July 3, 2016 by

I can’t tell you how often I talk with clients about methods of converting hard copy text/papers to digital format for purposes of accessing information using text to speech, completing forms or for organizational reasons. Whatever the reason there are … Continue reading →

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