Caryl, I haven't tried this out yet but I think it's a great idea. Text to speech is underutilized in Activities, in my opinion. It isn't that difficult to add TTS to an Activity, and every kid I've ever shown my XO to has been delighted to hear it speak!
James Simmons > Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:13:50 -0700 > From: Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> > Subject: [IAEP] FW: [Olpc-uruguay] MiguelEstudia (Versi?n 1) > To: IAEP SugarLabs <[email protected]>, Community Support > Volunteers -- who help respond t <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hi All.. > The folks at CeibalJAM have created a ".txt" reader for blind children to use > on the XO. The teacher simply puts the text on the student's "pendrive" and > they can use their XO to read the text. They can also use it to listen to > the radio! Follow the link below. There will be a little "Translate" button > on the lower right, (in case your Spanish isn't up to it). > You will also have the opportunity to download it there and try it on an XO. > Have fun! > Caryl _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
