Free Software
This page contains links to free software downloads. These web links will give you assistive technology software that kids can use to access the curriculum or software that can be used to help you teach. If you need help downloading the software, or if you need help using it in your classroom give us a call at the Darke County ESC. |
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ReadPlease is text-to-speech software. It can be used in conjunction with any digital file. The software reads the digital text to the student. Students can use the software to help proofread word processing documents or listen to text as opposed to reading an assignments. ReadPlease 2003 is a free version that never expires. ReadPlease Plus 2003 has a trial period of 30-days after which you may purchase a serial number to unlock the software. This download gives you both versions of ReadPlease.
Word Speak 2001 is text-to-speech software that works within microsoft Word documents. Using this software a student can listen to any Word Document.
These games developed by Mark Damon include: Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Weakest Link, and Hollywood Squares. You or your students can create your own review games with these fun TV show themes. Once you download the Microsoft Power point templates you are ready to insert your own questions in order to review content.
This is a wonderful reference tool. GuruNet can be downloaded as free windows software. Using this software you can click on any unknown word on the screen and you are instantly linked to definitions, synonyms, facts, and hyperlinks. GuruNet will also pronounce the word.
For a limited time Premier Assistive Technology will allow you to download this software for free. This software enables you to listen to electronic text files.
This is a free, comprehensive reading program complete with activities, interactive books, even animated "movies". You can order workbook to supplement the activities that you will find on the web site.
This is a free piece of software that enables students, teachers, and classes to create graphic organizers. This software can be used to help students organize thoughts before writing or to present classroom notes as a concept map.
Awesome Talkster combines a browser, directory, search engine, and text-to-voice technology. By adding a Natural Voice to Web pages, children and teens can learn to pronounce words as they read them. Awesome Talkster includes an animated character, providing synchronized highlighting so that children can follow along even more easily. This multi-sensory approach is a powerful method for improving reading skills. Online books for children and teens are available in the Awesome Library so that they can practice their reading skills. The Awesome Talkster also functions as a talking web browser. This allows you to select online text and have it read to you. Children can have the Web pages read to them slowly, but adults can have pages read at normal speed.
This speech recognition software allows you to talk to your computer and have it type what you say. You can add or remove any word or command that you want ZebSpeech to understand.
This is a text-to-speech program with Microsoft Voices. You can have your computer read any part of the news, weather forecast, charting messages and e-mails. The application can also read Word documents, rich text files and PDF files. The speaking speed and voice quality can be changed according to your needs. You can also save the voice as a WAV file, so that you can listen later or burn it onto a CD. You can also record your sound to compare Natural Voice and your voice. It includes Microsoft voices.
With this Text to Speech(TTS) software, you can hear text read out loud by your computer. Various voices are available.
Speech recognition has been in the news a lot lately, but as Mac users know, it's nothing new. The latest versions of the Mac OS only include the text to speech components. Here's the speech recognition component. PlainTalk Speech Recognition works with the latest Mac OS, although it may not be totally reliable.
This is a talking digital clock that speaks on demand or according to a schedule using either pre-recorded real speech or text-to-speech. It informs you how many TTS engines you have installed in your system and the name of the TTS voice that is speaking.
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