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[quote=Anonymous]This is OP.  I wasn't looking for speech-to-text just yet .. as you said, that would be at least 3rd grade or higher when  he's expected to start producing written materials for content.

I did want to start him on software for text-to-speech for digital text, though.  I understand Kurzweil is very powerful, but it's also too expensive for us for home use and not exactly what we're looking for right now.  He already uses the computer but has problems navigating because basic information is usually textual.  I would like him to be able to access digital text on the computer with minimal help.  It's not critical right now, but I would like to introduce him to the capability sometime this school year.  I don't know if the best avenue is the built in Windows software or if I should look somewhere else.  I also don't really know how to use the built in Windows text-to-speech, though I guess I could find that out via youtube.

I've been planning to renew my library card but for some reason didn't think about access to children's audiobooks there.  I'll have to go look.  And I'll check out libriovox and bookshare as well.  I have an Audible membership since I listen to a lot of audiobooks while driving, but I don't know what the best would be for kids' books.  I did buy a couple of kids' classics that were super cheap on Audible and so far he's listened to Riki Tiki Tavi about 4 times on my old ipod .. LOL

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