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<DIV>I've used Ghost Reader.... for text reading only, and for students who'd like to be able to quickly create iTunes tracks, it's a good deal. Voices are quite nice, actually. Obviously, not as full-featured as Kurzweil, but for less than $30, it's a nice little app.</DIV>
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<DIV>Shawn Foster<BR>Assistive Technology Specialist</DIV>
<DIV>Disability Services for Students<BR>Southern Oregon University<BR>V/TTY: (541)552-6213</DIV><BR><BR>>>> On 3/6/2008 at 1:09 PM, in message <6e0d34c90803061309udf91fcco4103b8375cccc1bb@mail.gmail.com>, "Heidi Scher" <hascherdss@gmail.com> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 7px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 15px; BORDER-LEFT: #050505 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f3f3f3">Hi Eileen,<BR><BR>At the beginning of February Ryan Collier brought up Ghost Reader on the listserv. I haven't tried it out yet, but from what he said and the website, it sounds similar to TextAloud or Read Please. And cost is cheaper than Kurzweil for students who are on tight budgets. <BR><BR><A href="http://www.convenienceware.com/index.php" target=_blank>http://www.convenienceware.com/index.php</A><BR><BR>Heidi<BR>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans'">Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans'">1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 104 <BR>Fayetteville, AR 72701 <BR>(479) 575-3104 (voice) <BR>(479) 575-7445 (fax) <BR>(479) 575-3646 (<SPAN class=GramE>tty</SPAN>)</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV><BR><BR>On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:26 PM, eileen berger <<A href="mailto:bergerei@gse.harvard.edu">bergerei@gse.harvard.edu</A>> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Hi all,<BR>What screen reader is best for a mac when the student with a learning<BR>disability uses it only for text reading?<BR>Thanks,<BR>Eileen<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Athen mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Athen@athenpro.org">Athen@athenpro.org</A><BR><A href="http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org" target=_blank>http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>