TTS+Online-+Free+Text+to+Speech

TTS Online: Free text to speech Author: April Bollinger @http://www.readthewords.com/ This is a great Web 2.0 tool for younger students! This tool is free, and all you have to do is type any text into the box and click "read." The site reads back the text to you in speech. You can also choose from several voices, which would be fun for students. I would love to do internet research with my students, but they can't read most of the websites available. This site would allow me to show the students how to copy and paste text and have it read out loud to them!

Directions:
 * ﻿﻿ Go to @http://www.readthewords.com/
 * For a quick version, type in text into the box on the home page and click "read the words"
 * To get more options, sign up to create a free account
 * After creating an account, customize your avatars
 * You can change even the slightest details, such as the size of nose and color of eyes
 * There is also an option to change the speed at which the text is read