<p>Thanks Sean,</p>
<p>I realized it would not be equal to Kurzweil but some more on the italy but functional level. Thanks for checking it out and the follow-up.</p>
<p>Nettie</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 29, 2011 4:08 PM, "Sean J Keegan" <<a href="mailto:skeegan@stanford.edu">skeegan@stanford.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Hi Nettie,<br>> <br>> I believe this is an option in the recent versions of the Speak It! app. <br>
> I am not sure if there is a specific setting (I don't have an iPad <br>> available right now to test), but will see if there is an enable/disable <br>> switch for the highlighting option.<br>> <br>> I want to point out, though, that the highlight feature is really just <br>
> Speak It using the "selected text" option as opposed to something more <br>> like Kurzweil 3000 or other reading/tracking applications.<br>> <br>> Take care,<br>> Sean<br>> <br>> On 9/28/11 1:11 PM, Nettie Fischer wrote:<br>
>> Hi Sean,<br>>> I have Speak It and do not have the highlight function available, is<br>>> this a new version or???<br>>> There are many benefits for my students with the word highlight option.<br>
>> Thanks -Nettie<br>>><br>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Sean J Keegan <<a href="mailto:skeegan@stanford.edu">skeegan@stanford.edu</a><br>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:skeegan@stanford.edu">skeegan@stanford.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>> Has anyone had any luck with text-to-speech<br>>> software for the iPad?<br>>><br>>><br>>> There are a few applications that you may want to try out, but there<br>
>> is nothing that is the "killer app" (in my opinion) that supports<br>>> the display of a PDF document in addition to high-quality<br>>> text-to-speech.<br>>><br>>> Most of the apps I have encountered that provide text-to-speech<br>
>> generally require a "copy/paste" model in which you have to copy the<br>>> text content and paste this into the TTS app. Right now, Speak It!<br>>> provides very high quality TTS options. The app will also highlight<br>
>> the word while speaking.<br>>><br>>> If you have the ability to create DAISY books, another app that may<br>>> be an option to consider is Read2Go. So far, it is one of the<br>>> better DAISY apps I have seen on the iOS platform.<br>
>><br>>> Here is a page of a number of different iOS apps that students have<br>>> found useful:<br>>> <a href="http://studentaffairs.">http://studentaffairs.</a>__<a href="http://stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps">stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps</a><br>
>> <<a href="http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps">http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae/at/ios-apps</a>><br>>><br>>> It has been a bit since I last updated the apps and this does not<br>
>> include all apps in existence (I did have a basic criteria for<br>>> apps), but this may be useful.<br>>><br>>> Take care,<br>>> Sean<br>>><br>>> --<br>>> Sean Keegan<br>
>> Associate Director, Assistive Technology<br>>> Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University<br>>> <a href="http://studentaffairs.">http://studentaffairs.</a>__<a href="http://stanford.edu/oae">stanford.edu/oae</a><br>
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