Resource of the Week - iSpeech

This week marked a new milestone as we added the 500th title to the eLIS Digital Resources Collection. The collection is growing rapidly and new titles are added daily, so be sure to check in frequently.

And now for the Resource of the Week.

iSpeech is a tool for instantly converting text to audio files. Text may be entered manually on the iSpeech site, uploaded from a file, or uploaded from a URL. iSpeech then converts the text to natural-sounding audio. Users may listen to the audio files on the iSpeech site, download them to the computer, or convert them to a podcast.

The personal version of the program is free and premium services are available for either a subscription fee or a pay-as-you-go option.

iSpeech also features a free tool for bloggers, transforming blogs in to podcasts. Bloggers enter the blog URL or RSS feed and iSpeech converts the blog to audio, providing the blogger with a widget to embed on the blog.

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