Picture Packets vs Voyzer Voice Reader

Center for Innovation in Education Picture Packets - Vowels Dekodiphukan Description The fourteenth of the fourteen apps that comprise the Baratta-Lorton Reading Program. The Reading Program is a reading and writing curriculum for beginning readers and any child who has already experienced difficulty in learning to read. 99% unique – 100% effective - 100% free Background for the fourteen apps The Baratta-Lorton Reading Program also known as Dekodiphukan (pronounced decode if you can) was developed by the Center for Innovation in Education whose many other offerings include Mathematics Their Way, the first non-traditional math curriculum adopted in by the State of California. Dekodiphukan has been in use in classrooms across the United States and Canada since 1985. The Program has been used to teach thousands of children to read and to write regardless of background or supposed lack of reading readiness. To date, no child using the program in a classroom setting has ever failed to learn to read or to write. This Dekodiphukan reading and writing curriculum is now a series of fourteen apps plus a parent-guide for the iPad that, within a period of six months to a year (or occasionally a bit longer for some special needs children), will enable every child using it to read and to write. Reading with enjoyment. Writing creatively. Dekodiphukan is a full fledged curriculum. It is a set of specific learning activities, not a set of games. The curriculum’s fourteen apps are all free with no ads - popup or otherwise - included. While the apps may be downloaded all at once and stored in a folder on the iPad, no more than two or three of the apps are used at any one time by the child. Picture Packets - Vowels The fourteenth and last of the Fourteen Apps, but not the last of the learning taking place The Picture Packets-Vowels are the next to last step in transitioning the child from reading with sounds to reading with letters.  At the Picture Packets-Transition level, all the sounds that make up a word are shown above the word they represent.  At the Vowels level, only the vowel sounds are included as hints for the letters. The last step takes place in the creative writing that evolves from the child’s work with the Stamping app, and is described in the third phase of the Creative Writing instructions included in The Guide. The goal of the Baratta-Lorton Reading Program is to allow children to learn to read and to write with confidence. Once this goal has been achieved, it is the parent's willing responsibility to insure this reading and writing ability is given opportunity for endless use. The last step is not an app at all. The last step is parents encouraging their child to use the reading and writing skills they now possess. Picture Packets - Vowels Introduced after the child can read Picture Packet-Transition words with ease

The cutting edge Voyzer Voice Reader has advanced text-to-speech high quality voices with 17 languages. It's the best way to follow and read documents on iPad, iPhone or iPod. Voyzer Voice Reader adds orientation and navigation tools that enhance the reading experience. The all-in-one Voyzer Voice Reader supports reading PDF, non-DRM ePUB eBooks, Own typed files and Wikipedia. It is integrated with Dropbox, G-Drive and Gutenberg. The Voyzer Voice Reader has a leading live text to speech generator with no need for conversion nor stored audio files. Famous Quotes Voyzer offers you a hidden feature that you may discover as most enjoyable. In order to discover it, all you have to do is to pull down the library and listen. Voices ■ Built-in English US voice. ■ Auto language detector. ■ 17 premium voices from the best voice engine Acapela are available through in-app purchase and integrated iOS voices. ■ Languages: English (UK), French, German, Greek, Finnish, Dutch (NL), Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Danish, Norwegian, Czech and Russian. ■ Male and Female voices. Voice Reading ■ An easy play-pause button. ■ Continue reading when you lock the screen. ■ Change voice and reading speed (100-500 words per minute) on the fly. ■ Correct pronunciation with your own pronunciation dictionary. Visual Reading ■ Great design and layout. ■ Switch between original layout and text-only view on PDF documents. ■ Synchronized word and line highlighting. ■ Text auto-scrolling. ■ The original 'Dyslexie' font. ■ Helvetica, Verdana and Georgia fonts. ■ Font size up to 30 points. ■ Special color themes. Getting Content ■ PDF files. ■ DRM-free EPUB Textbooks. ■ Open files directly from Mail, Dropbox, G-Drive and Safari. ■ Gutenberg's library with over 40,000 books. ■ Built-in Wikipedia Voice Reader. ■ Import using iTunes from a PC or Mac ■ Store and view PDF documents with original layout. ■ Export files using email. ■ Quote and share to Facebook and Twitter. Navigating ■ Drag and drop cursor navigation. ■ Full text search. ■ Remembers speech and visual location where you stopped. ■ Bookmarking. ■ Elapse time. Type Voyzer A simple, intuitive voice writing tool that helps you write your own readable PDF files. Type Voyzer reads your writing using text-to-speech proofreading to reduce mistakes. ■ Great text editor. ■ Select language to type with. ■ Text-To-Speech Proofreading. ■ Use type or voice dictation. ■ Use copy paste to import text from other apps. ■ Save text for further editing. ■ Export text as a PDF file. Notes ■ © Voyzer is under license and enabled by patent pending technology. ■ DRM-protected books from iBooks, Kindle or others are not playable. ■ Scanned image PDFs should first get OCR.