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SoftChalk Integrates ReadSpeaker's Industry-Leading Online Text-to-Speech Technology in its Educational Software
RICHMOND, Virginia and UPPSALA, Sweden, November 21, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
SoftChalk, a leading provider of content authoring software for
educators in K-12, colleges, universities and medical programs, and
ReadSpeaker(R), the leader in online text-to-speech solutions, have entered
into a partnership that enables all SoftChalk customers to add high quality
speech to their educational content.
With SoftChalk, educators can create professional, engaging, learning
content quickly and easily, which enhances their teaching and improves the
learning experience for their students.
With ReadSpeaker, students can now click a button on a page of any
lesson and have the text on the page read to them. ReadSpeaker makes the
online content created with SoftChalk more accessible to students with
cognitive issues, learning disabilities, and vision problems, as well as
individuals who do not speak or read English as their first language.
Additionally, it provides multi-tasking opportunities for learners and
portability of content to other devices such as smartphones and tablets.
"ReadSpeaker's online text-to-speech solution brings another dimension
to SoftChalk's educational software. With ReadSpeaker, SoftChalk can now
propose on-the-fly conversions of text into speech without requiring any
downloads whatsoever," says Joop Heijenrath, ReadSpeaker Co-Founder and
responsible for ReadSpeaker's business operations outside of Europe. "The
ability to have courses read aloud and highlighted at the same time helps
more students access online text content."
"ReadSpeaker offers a great text-to-speech solution that enables our
content to be even more flexible in addressing the varying learning styles
and needs of students." said Sue Evans, co-founder and CEO of SoftChalk.
To learn more about the integration, please register to attend the
upcoming webinar (Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 11:00AM EST). This webinar
will feature Georgia Virtual School and their use of the ReadSpeaker
integration within SoftChalk to address diversity.
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/781696824
About ReadSpeaker
ReadSpeaker(R) is the worldwide leader in online text to speech. In
1999, ReadSpeaker pioneered the first-ever speech-enabling application for
websites. Today, the company's web-based text-to-speech services are used by
thousands of websites/mobile apps and millions of users worldwide every
month. ReadSpeaker speech-enables online content on the fly in 35 languages
and 90 voices. The company provides a portfolio of web-based text-to-speech
solutions for websites, mobile sites, mobile apps, RSS feeds, online
documents and forms, as well as online campaigns. More than 5000 corporate,
media, government, and nonprofit customers around the world use ReadSpeaker
online text-to-speech solutions. For more information, visit
http://www.readspeaker.com.
About SoftChalk, LLC
SoftChalk, LLC is an award-winning provider of e-learning software for
worldwide education and business institutions. Specializing in the
development of intuitive, easy-to-use tools, SoftChalk products allow
instructors to create powerful and professional-looking content for
e-learning and smart classrooms in K-12, higher education and corporate
training. For more information, visit http://www.softchalk.com.
Source: ReadSpeaker
Media Contact: Aloisia Gabat, aloisia.gabat@readspeaker.com , Tel : +33(0)1-58-62-20-95; Media Contact: Brittany Mullins, Brittany@softchalk.com , Tel: +1-877-638-2425, ext. 117.
SoftChalk Integrates ReadSpeaker's Industry-Leading Online Text-to-Speech Technology in its Educational Software
RICHMOND, Virginia and UPPSALA, Sweden, November 21, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
SoftChalk, a leading provider of content authoring software for
educators in K-12, colleges, universities and medical programs, and
ReadSpeaker(R), the leader in online text-to-speech solutions, have entered
into a partnership that enables all SoftChalk customers to add high quality
speech to their educational content.
With SoftChalk, educators can create professional, engaging, learning
content quickly and easily, which enhances their teaching and improves the
learning experience for their students.
With ReadSpeaker, students can now click a button on a page of any
lesson and have the text on the page read to them. ReadSpeaker makes the
online content created with SoftChalk more accessible to students with
cognitive issues, learning disabilities, and vision problems, as well as
individuals who do not speak or read English as their first language.
Additionally, it provides multi-tasking opportunities for learners and
portability of content to other devices such as smartphones and tablets.
"ReadSpeaker's online text-to-speech solution brings another dimension
to SoftChalk's educational software. With ReadSpeaker, SoftChalk can now
propose on-the-fly conversions of text into speech without requiring any
downloads whatsoever," says Joop Heijenrath, ReadSpeaker Co-Founder and
responsible for ReadSpeaker's business operations outside of Europe. "The
ability to have courses read aloud and highlighted at the same time helps
more students access online text content."
"ReadSpeaker offers a great text-to-speech solution that enables our
content to be even more flexible in addressing the varying learning styles
and needs of students." said Sue Evans, co-founder and CEO of SoftChalk.
To learn more about the integration, please register to attend the
upcoming webinar (Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 11:00AM EST). This webinar
will feature Georgia Virtual School and their use of the ReadSpeaker
integration within SoftChalk to address diversity.
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/781696824
About ReadSpeaker
ReadSpeaker(R) is the worldwide leader in online text to speech. In
1999, ReadSpeaker pioneered the first-ever speech-enabling application for
websites. Today, the company's web-based text-to-speech services are used by
thousands of websites/mobile apps and millions of users worldwide every
month. ReadSpeaker speech-enables online content on the fly in 35 languages
and 90 voices. The company provides a portfolio of web-based text-to-speech
solutions for websites, mobile sites, mobile apps, RSS feeds, online
documents and forms, as well as online campaigns. More than 5000 corporate,
media, government, and nonprofit customers around the world use ReadSpeaker
online text-to-speech solutions. For more information, visit
http://www.readspeaker.com.
About SoftChalk, LLC
SoftChalk, LLC is an award-winning provider of e-learning software for
worldwide education and business institutions. Specializing in the
development of intuitive, easy-to-use tools, SoftChalk products allow
instructors to create powerful and professional-looking content for
e-learning and smart classrooms in K-12, higher education and corporate
training. For more information, visit http://www.softchalk.com.
Source: ReadSpeaker
Media Contact: Aloisia Gabat, aloisia.gabat@readspeaker.com , Tel : +33(0)1-58-62-20-95; Media Contact: Brittany Mullins, Brittany@softchalk.com , Tel: +1-877-638-2425, ext. 117.