Not my usual Friday night fodder but here goes.
Audio books have been around for a long time and are still relevant today. What I like is the fact that they are read by the authors or trained professionals. No matter what you say about the advancements in automated voices they are still that, automated voices. Many students (myself included) find them difficult to listen to. Although text is not included you can still encourage the student to follow along in their own book.
Study notes and CliffsNotes are cool short cuts but I prefer learning to take place in a more traditional, learning through discovery manner.
VBookz ability to slow speed, change font size and background is definately user friendly.
Casey's strong auditory learning skills are something I think we all see quite often because the student has had to overcome a deficiency in other areas. His ability to use Kurzweil already is advatageous so the next step with epub and stanza have made his learnig more portable and therefor more independent.
Image to Text again becomes a portable mini-Kurzweil application.
eReader text to speech utlizes multiple languages but I would imagine no First Nations.
Animated books like Peddler Lady and Unwanted Guest were most impressive. I can see their ability to hold the readers attention and engage.
Nancy Drew, while not a big seller with my particular group had a new level of interaction where you can help decide which direction the book will take.
Lastly, Pocketphonics and Pictello are apps I already have so you are preaching to the choir.
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
Oscar Wilde
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