<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(39,78,19)">Natural Reader is another software and/or app that would allow him to type and have the text read aloud. There is a free, downloadable version and an educational version (cost effective). If he uses a Bluetooth speaker, he can adjust the volume loud enough for the entire class to hear. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(39,78,19)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(39,78,19)">Nettie's nickel</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Robert Beach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rbeach@kckcc.edu" target="_blank">rbeach@kckcc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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it out loud. Just one thought off the top of my head.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 12, 2016 10:52 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Text to Speech Reader<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">An instructor of ours has had an unexpected health event that will leave him without a voice for a while. We are starting to investigate some text to speech readers that he can use in his classroom to communicate
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