This is cool! From Richard Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers, a post about 5 web browser extensions allowing students to access the content of webpages. For example, the Google Chrome web app, Read & Write, provides students the opportunity to "gain confidence with reading and writing, including:
• Hear words, passages, or whole documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting
• See the meaning of words explained with text and picture dictionaries
• Hear text translated into other languages
• Get suggestions for the current or next word as you type
• Turn words into text as you speak
• Highlight text in documents or the web and collect for use in other documents
• Simplify and summarize text on web page."
There are many conversations revolving around "equity" in the world of education. These tools would definitely help students access content and provide that extra boost they may need.
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