The infodoodads blog recently had a post about ''Read the Words,'' which is a relatively new free text to speech program. You can see the blog post at http://infodoodads.com/?p=373 You can also check out the Read the Words website at http://readthewords.com/ The Read the Words website states, ''ReadTheWords.com began as a simple concept in ...

Would you like to have your blog listed here, on my blogroll? I'm wanting to add more blogs to my blogroll, so if you are interested in having your blog appear here, please leave a comment to this post or send an email to talkingbookslibrarian AT gmail.com - please be sure to leave a way I can contact you, in case I have questions or need ...

The Blind Access Journal blog has mentioned that credit reports will soon be accessible - in Braille, large print, and audio CD! For more information, check out the blog post at http://tinyurl.com/4bmxgr This is great news for individuals living with low vision! Thanks to Blind Access Journal for the heads up!

This year's Horizon Project report identified the emerging trends, but what does that mean to a middle school or high school teacher and class? I think these trends translate into tools .... opportunities for engagement. How? Let's start with a basic approach: Grassroots video: Most schools have some video equipment that can be used by any ...

Did you know South Carolina is going to be having a Public Library Appreciation Day (PLAD)? It's going to be on January 31, 2008. For more information, check out the blog at http://curtisrogers.blogspot.com/2008/01/public-library-appreciation-day-wiki.html or go straight to the PLAD wiki at http://plad.pbwiki.com/ I think this is a great ...

Have you seen one of the latest posts on the Google blog by Jonas Klink? The post is titled New toolbar adds accessible features. Check it out at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-toolbar-adds-accessible-features.html. It talks about the new Google Toolbar version 5 and states, ''This release adds support for Windows Accessibility ...

The OPL Plus Blog mentions something called The Free Library. You can read the post at http://opls.blogspot.com/2007/12/links-to-free-information.html. You can see The Free Library website at http://www.thefreelibrary.com/. The site claims to have over 3,000,000 articles and books. Registered users can submit articles for free.

Volunteering is an important part of many people's lives, including older adults and baby boomers. Thus, is it good to see that the Senior Friendly Libraries blog has a recent post about research on baby boomer volunteers. Check it out at http://seniorfriendlylibraries.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-research-on-baby-boomer-volunteers.html!

Thanks to a blog post on David Lee King's blog (http://www.davidleeking.com/), I discovered that you can find the ''readability level'' of your blog! So, I went to test my blog out at the site, which is http://www.criticsrant.com/bb/reading_level.aspx. It said that my blog's reading level was GENIUS! I guess that means that everyone reading my ...