Voice+capture

=Dragon speaking= //**What is this? - DRAGON Naturally Speaking is the #1 selling Voice Recognition Software in the world. It turns your speech into text and can make virtually any task you do on your computer easier and faster. Anyone can manage their desktop to create documents such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and message others through e-mail and social media accounts...all by your voice and hands free.**//

//**History - Dragon 1.0 first came out in 1997 configured for the Windows 95 operating system. It was initiated all the way back in 1975 by Dr. James Baker.**// //**It's easy to master Dragon with the amount of instructions and tutorials that are available on the internet. The company claims that "You'll be amazed at how accurately it transforms what you say into the exact words you want to use." I have seen it rated "Up to 99% accurate" on many websites and from many sources.**// //**One thing I discovered is that it takes some time for the software to recognize your speech patterns, so the more you use it, the more effective it will be.**// //**Teaching & Learning ~ There are numerous applications in many fields of business and education.**// //**Please use the following resource and link to obtain additional information concerning DRAGON Naturally Speaking Voice Recognition Software. The demonstration video is approximately halfway down the page.**// Author unknown (2013). Stop typing and start doing. Nuance Communications, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.nuance.com/dragon/index.htm //**Examples ~ The most obvious use for education is for students with disabilities to be able to talk to type. This could be especially useful for students with severe muscle limitations such as Cerebral Palsy, and for many types of Learning Disabilities such as dyslexia. This technology can also be used as a teaching tool as tutorials could be recorded and played back by doctors during operational procedures, by mechanics learning the procedures of automobile repair and maintenance, and as a documentation tool in the Legal and Medical professions, Financial, Government, Journalism, Retail, and many more.**// =voice threads= //**What is this?**// //**Teaching & Learning ~**// //**Examples ~**// =iSpeech= //**What is this?**// //**Teaching & Learning ~**// //**Examples ~**// is another text-to-speech application that will convert your text (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF, blogs, RSS feeds etc.) content into audio with minimal effort, no software installation and no technical expertise. You can download it, podcast it or embed it to your blog or your website. = HearWho =

//**What is this? HearWho.com was a popular website that allowed you to turn text into speech so that it could be listened to in an MP3 format (I-pod, I-Pad,). It was available for free as late as 2008, and I believe is now defunct. There was a limitation (3000 words) to the amount of text that could be converted for free. Text could be copied and pasted into a textbox, then a male or female voice could be chosen for the playback. Additionally, it was available in Spanish.**// //**Teaching & Learning ~ This would have been a great tool to listen to speech from text, perhaps as an English Language Learners tool, or for a Spanish Language Learner tool.**// //**Unfortunately, when you search for [|www.HearWho.com], the page is not able to be displayed. There are many other websites that will accomplish the same thing as HearWho. A few are listed below:**//

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allows you to turn any text into speech so you can listen to it.