Voice Dream Reader App

As an assistive technology specialist, I assess and consult on a lot of students that have print disabilities.  One of my favorite apps is called the Voice Dream Reader.  This is a way to access reading material such as Bookshare books, PDFs, Google Docs, Gutenberg books, etc. with a user friendly text to speech platform.  It allows you to adjust the text size, font, background color (for contrast to help students that have vision impairments), choice of high quality voices, and adjust the rate of speech.

One of the best features is the ability to have the text highlighted as it is being read aloud.  This can be an important support for some students that struggle with tracking text.  It also allows an individual with reading difficulties to have multiple supports: text being read out loud and words being highlighted to help the reader to follow along.  

I absolutely love this app, and recommend it all the time! You can find the app HERE. In order to help new users to navigate through all the tools and features, I've created this "cheat sheet" to help: