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  • Thinkronize Search Engine Adds Text-to-Speech Feature


  • 11/06/2006 - Thinkronize Search Engine, Adds Text-to-Speech Feature

    Cincinnati, Ohio - Text-to-speech support, including 180,000 educator-selected resources, with a read aloud feature, has been introduced by educational search engine for differentiated instruction, netTrekker d.i.

    Christine Willig, President of Thinkronize explained, ''Since 1998, more than 8 million students have been served under IDEA each year. In addition to providing special needs students with equal opportunities for learning, it is critical that these students are not marginalized from their technology savvy peers. netTrekker d.i., offered with Read Aloud, provides students with special needs a way to comfortably participate alongside their classmates.''

    According to the company, the Read Aloud function is extremely user-friendly, allowing students to simply highlight sections of text within the netTrekker d.i. product interface, on a netTrekker d.i. search result, or any definition provided by the Dictionary/Translation Hot Key. The highlighted text is then read aloud for students who may need additional audio support or reinforcement. Included in every subscription to netTrekker d.i., this new function serves as a powerful addition for both students and educators. netTrekker d.i., with Read Aloud support, now eligible for IDEA funds, ultimately reduces the strain of reading for those who may have visual impairments, have learning disabilities or for those who find it hard to concentrate for long periods of time.

    In addition to text-to-speech support, netTrekker d.i. works efficiently to assign each prescreened resource a readability measure based on Lexile(R) ratings and eight other popular methods. Also, an entire section of netTrekker d.i. is filled with customized ELL content to help teach English as a second language, addressing a growing need in K-12 education today. Many school districts nationwide already see netTrekker d.i. as an essential classroom learning tool, with more than 8.3 million students in 14,000 schools across the country currently using the search engine. netTrekker d.i. has also been recently honored as the Best Educational Website in the reference category by the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) and awarded a prestigious Codie Award for being the Best Instructional Solution: Classroom Management by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). About the netTrekker Product Suite The netTrekker product line includes award-winning educational search products for both the education (netTrekker classic and netTrekker d.i.) and consumer markets (netTrekker home).

    According to the company, using netTrekker search engines, educators, school librarians, students, and parents save valuable time because they are directed to relevant, reliable, educator-selected websites every time -- meaning less time spent on searching and more time focused on learning.

    Thinkronize, an Internet developer of award-winning K-12 educational products, was founded in 1999 and grew out of a passion for and commitment to enhancing teaching and learning with the Internet and standards-based online resources. The company's flagship product, netTrekker classic, was launched in October 2000 and has won 11 industry awards for excellence since its inception. Thinkronize currently serves nearly 8.3 million students in 48 states, including adoptions by key districts and states nationwide, making it one of the fastest-growing companies in the education industry. In recent years, the company has expanded the netTrekker product line to include two- time award-winning netTrekker d.i., designed for use in schools to help educators meet individual students' learning needs, and netTrekker home, available for purchase by parents whose district or school has not yet purchased a netTrekker school subscription.



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