ANNOUNCIFY is a Web 2.0 tool that allows text on a website to be converted to speech. Announcify can be downloaded as a Google Chrome extension.
In a general educational sense, Announcify could be handy if students could use a break from reading.
From a UDL perspective, Announcify could Be very handy for students with reading difficulty. One feauture that is particularily useful is that the program blurs out all paragraphs not being read. This feature could help "block out noise" for students who have difficulty concentrating.
As no age limit is specified for this tool, it would be appropriate for all students (given they are listening to appropriate material).
