"eBooks in EFL reading: How to author eBooks with text to speech technology. " JALTCALL 2010, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan: May 29-30, 2010.

1. eBooks in EFL Reading: How to author eBooks with Text to Speech Technology YASUDA, Masami, Kwansei Gakuin Univ., Myasuda[at]kwansei.ac.jp Theme: CALL: What's your Motivation? JALTCALL SIG 2010 Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, JAPAN. May 29-31, 2010 JALTCALL SIG 2010 Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, JAPAN. E-Learning at KG Univ.

2. Recent eBook readers or dedicated devices Amazon’s Kindle, SONY’s Libié, iRex’s Digital Reader Apple’s iPad . Introduction: eBook readers eBooks are content-rich of wide general interest. eBooks & their dedicated devices would definitely change the literacy world, a viable device for EFL ・ ESL readers

3. EFL teachers can Author or publish eBooks on the PC’s , without purchasing such a new device, . eBooks for EFL/ESL Students can benefit from reading eBooks on their own, at home and on smartphones, and dedicated eBook readers. Content selection by teachers is the key !! Because devices or tools are only tools without a rich and controlled content.

4. . Microsoft Reader Microsoft Reader features: Page by page reading: files ( LIT extension) Highlight word by word Synchronized audio reading Dictionary Lookup Platforms : PC’s laptops, desktops, Windows Mobile Smartphones ( Windows CE ) , mobile phones.

5. . eBook Publisher (2) : Additional Tools Additional tools: Dictionary Lookup eBook for eBooks Library Encarta Pocket Dictionary Text to Speech Engines Agents

6. . Text to Speech Text to Speech One of Assistive Technologies Stephen Hawking asks big questions about the universe, at TED Conference Ted Conference site YouTube Filmed Feb., 2008. Local FLV (video) downloaded from YouTube

7. . Text to Speech - Roger Ebert, The Best, Finally Gets His Voice Back - Assistive Technologies Roger Ebert, The Best, Finally Gets His Voice Back - Video site Roger Ebert “Speaks” on Oprah in his blog Twitter by Mashable – Video online Roger and Chaz Ebert at the DGA Awards, 2009. Roger Ebert appears with Oprah Winfrey on her talk show this Tuesday. (Harpo Productions)

8. . Text to Speech – Roger Ebert Gets ‘Voice’ Grandkids Can Recognize - Assistive Technologies Film critic Roger Ebert says computer programmers have captured his voice from movie commentary tracks. He can type what he wants to say and listeners hear a voice that sounds like him. Ebert lost his ability to speak after surgery for cancer. A Scottish company called CereProc (SAYR’-uh-prok) blended digital recordings of Ebert speaking to make his text-to-audio voice. FIRST PUBLISHED: February 28, 2010 5:40 PM EST CHICAGO, Ill. -- Information from: Chicago Sun-Times, ttp://www.suntimes.com/index

9. . Text to Speech Online Tools (partial listing) a) vozMe: Type or copy-paste the texts to convert to ‘Create MP3’ at a click! b) Expressivo – You can listen to books, messages, RSS feeds, articles or even e-mails. You can easily create audio books on your mp3 player. Purchase needed c) Cepstral - The text to speech conversion to the text into a WAV file. Purchase needed . Six Online Tools - Text to Speech tools you would not want to miss TechDune - Tech News, Software & Hardware Reviews, Internet, Humor vozMe Skip to RSS Mixing

10. http://www.voiceforge.com/demo/ . Text to Speech Online Tools (2)

11. . Assisted Technology: Book Readers – Scanners with Text to Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXvaHyg9XBM&feature=player_embedded

12. . eBook Publishers (1) Authoring tools: two free publishing/authoring software ( to download ) 1) WordRMR – MS-Word Add-in to create your own Microsoft Reader eBooks. Word 2000, 2002, 2003 WordRMR.exe

13. . Texts and Pictures: Public Domain, Speeches, News

14. . eBook Authoring (1) : MS-Word Add-in

15. . eBook Publishers (2) Authoring tools: (2) ReaderWorks 2.0 Visit OverDrive to download Demo ( local file )

16. . Other eBook Readers: (1) Calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/ Calibre supports e-book syncing with the iPhone using Lexcycle Stanza .

17. . Other eBook Readers: (1) Calibre (2) Calibre – eBooks in cloud computing age Convert PDF to eBooks , Subscribe to news, magazines, etc. e-book syncing with the iPhone ( Lexcycle Stanza ) C:\Program Files\Calibre2\calibre.exe http://calibre-ebook.com/

18. . Other eBook Readers (2): Kindle PC

19. . BlogCasting: (3) Web log Projects - 2008 KGLaw BlogCast 2008 Local image file Samples of text2Speech audio Advcomp – Education course kglaw f 81 – Freshmen 1st kglaw f 82 – Freshmen 2 nd kglaw s 81 – Sophomores AdvComp - Online grading as admin of the server Next slide

20. . Summary: BlogCast with RSS Mixing and Text2Speech RSS Mixer with Text to Speech Playlist, Feed, New XML iPods, iTunes, Presentations, Other PodCasting sites Next slide?

21. . Comparison of eBooks and other media Comparison of eBooks with the already developed BlogCast , Text to speech applications Benefits to EFL students. How useful eBooks would be to help improve reading skills in EFL courses.

22. . Comparison of Media for Reading Media Books eBooks Audio Blog or Books Podcast 2 Cost △ ◎ △ ◎ 3 Devices N.A. ○ △ ○ Audio/ × △ ○ △ Voice 5 Text to × ○ × ○ Speech 6 Highlight / × ○ × △ Synchro 7 Delivery × △ × ◎ Speed × △ △ △ Control

23. . Comparison of Media for Reading (2) 1 Media Books eBooks Audio Books Blog or Podcast 2 Cost △ ◎ △ ◎ 3 Devices N.A. ○ △ ○ 4 Audio/ Voice × △ ○ △ 5 Text to Speech × ○ × ○ 6 Highlight/Synchro × ○ × △ 7 Delivery × △ × ◎ 8 Control Speed × △ △ △

24. . Technology in Language Teaching and Learning Figure 1 Range-of-Use Technology Chart Szecsy, Elsie M. &quot;Technology in Language Teaching and Learning.&quot; Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education. 2008. SAGE Publications. 29 Mar. 2009. < http://www.sage-ereference.com/bilingual/Article_n313.html >. Source: EnGauge . Available from http:/ / www.ncrel.org/ engauge .  Broken Link Copyright © 2006 Learning Point Associates. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.