How do I go about creating information in alternative formats?

There are a few free web based solutions which would allow you to convert traditional text into audio:

Spoken Text

SpokenText is a free online text to audio converter. Using it you can convert Word, PDF, PowerPoint, plain text files, web pages, RSS 2 feeds and emails to spoken audio which you can then listen too online or transfer to your iPod.

Using SpokenText it is easy to provide alternative formats for the text content you place on your web site. Using SpokenText this process is painless you just upload all of your content to our site. Text will be converted and then made available to download to your site

• Convert pdf to mp3 Convert doc to mp3


• Convert ppt to mp3 Convert txt to mp3


• Convert html to mp3 Convert RSS feeds to mp3


• Convert emails to mp3 Convert web pages to mp3

RoboBraille

RoboBraille is an email-based service capable of translating electronic documents into either Braille or synthetic speech. The user simply sends an email to a specific email account and gets the file back as either Braille or speech within a couple of minutes.

This makes the user highly independent and self-reliant, as material in Braille or speech can be obtained whenever this is required without having to rely on external suppliers. Thus, the RoboBraille service supports an inclusive information society.

With RoboBraille, you can…

• Translate documents into contracted Braille


• Translate documents into speech


• Translate text into visual Braille


• Convert text documents between different character sets


• Convert Braille documents to specific Braille character sets


• Partition documents into smaller parts