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WordAloud software "free" to English schools

WordAloud® - teaching English and literacy worldwide

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." Benjamin Franklin

Reviews

1. "The pupils are transfixed by WordAloud's speech, and concentration improves" - Keith Phipps, winner of the annual National Award for the Most Creative Use of ICT in teaching, in October 2001

Keith teaches at the King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Kingsheath, in Birmingham. Keith uses WordAloud in his Geography lessons while accessing his geography web site.

2. "An excellent product" - Eileen Morris NTDI (Ireland's National Training & Development Institute)

3. "Wonderfully useful program" - Rochelle Caviness for Large Print Reviews.

For this independent assessment please see the Large Print Review web site.

4. "WordAloud is one notable example of a program which permits text to be read back with synchronised speech and highlighted text in large fonts, with adjustable contrasts and screen colours and with a range of available voices. Its developers are even striving to incorporate sufficient speech support to allow independent access by non-sighted users. Such programs can provide a powerful tool to individuals with low vision and reading difficulties."

- Deb Lewis - Co-ordinator, Statewide Vision Resource Centre, Australia, writing in 'The Bulletin, 26th November 2004'.

5. "If you've ever had to depend on a friend or family member to read your mail, books, magazines, office correspondence, and more, you'll increase your independence greatly with products of this type. WordAloud is being marketed as an assistive reader for students with vision, learning, and other disabilities. WordAloud lets you read text back using a voice synthesizer, with control over parameters like voice rate and volume."

Joseph J. Lazzaro, Byte.com


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