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This webpage, from the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials, explains the many free text to speech options that are available on devices students may already own. Text to speech can be helpful for a number of readers: those who struggle with reading, those with visual impairments, and those who speak English as a second language. All...
Read&Write, provided by Texthelp, is a text-to-speech software for Word and PDF documents. The software has built in highlighting, a dictionary, study guides, testing, and the ability to customize voice speed and pitch. There is also a Chrome extension for website use. 
Speechify is a text-to-speech reader for docs, articles, PDFs, emails, and more. The tool's AI voices "can read up to 9x faster than the average reading speed." Users can download Speechify on iOS, Android, and Chrome. 
NaturalReader is a text-to-speech web application that converts text and documents to mp3 files. The application employs OCR technology and AI to convert text and imitate human voices. The application converts .pdf, .doc, .txt, .rtf, and .epub files, as well as text on websites. 
Balabolka is a text-to-speech program that uses Microsoft Speech API to convert text to audio. Balabolka is available in several languages and works with most text file formats. 
This webinar, made available by Internet Scout Research Group, discusses strategies for making media more accessible for persons with various disabilities. Presenters include Rachael Bower, Director of Internet Scout Research Group, Madeleine Rothberg, Senior Subject Matter Expert from National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) at WGBH, and Bryan...
This website provides information on "everything related to accessibility and Apple devices." The website is divided into the following categories: Accessibility Apps, Accessories, Videos & Podcasts, Resources, and Contact. The Accessibility Apps category includes information about and links to download accessibility apps for Apple products. This...
This website provides information about the Department of Defense Computer/Electronics Accommodations Program (CAP). CAP "... provides assistive technology and accommodations to support individuals with disabilities and wounded, ill, and injured service members throughout the Federal Government in accessing information and communication technology."...
This resource center, curated by the National Federation of the Blind, provides accessibility information for colleges and universities. Information on accessible technology, standards and guidelines, legal rights of disabled students, digital accessibility planning, higher education best practices, and much more are provided. Links to related...
Microsoft offers step-by-step instructions and best practices for making your PowerPoint presentations accessible to people with disabilities on any operating system. You will learn, for example, how to add alt texts to images so that people using screen readers are able to listen to what the image is all about. You'll also learn how to use the...