I’m working on compiling this list, feel free to add comments to this page with more resources.
- http://librivox.org/ – a collection of public domain books recorded by volunteer readers. Very cool! Most link to the transcription that was used to make the recording and match up word for word.
- http://www.esl-lab.com/ – a site with many recordings and quizzes designed for English as a Second Language practice.
- http://www.hearingjourney.com/Listening_Room/Teens_and_Adults/Listening_Gym/index.cfm?langid=1 – Advanced Bionics Listening Room has various activities for training and evaluating speech sounds as well as music.
- http://www.medel.com/US/Rehabilitation/sound-scape.php – Med-El’s listening resources.
- 1-800-458-4999 & http://www.cochlearcommunity.com/rehab for transcripts
This is a telephone recording, refreshed each day. Pressing 1 – 1 gives you “Today’s word list”. Pressing 1 – 2 gives you “Today’s passage” (usually a piece from a Fairy Tale of some sort). Assorted voices, male and female, accents seem quite neutral
- http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php – AT&T labs speech synthesizer – type any text into the box and hear it spoken back with different voices.
1-800-458-4999 (& http://www.cochlearcommunity.com/rehab for transcripts)
This is a telephone recording, refreshed each day. Pressing 1 – 1 gives you “Today’s word list”. Pressing 1 – 2 gives you “Today’s passage” (usually a piece from a Fairy Tale of some sort). Assorted voices, male and female, accents seem quite neutral – well, to me anyway.
Thanks! I added that above. I will have to try it from work as my cell phone doesn’t yet come with any voice minutes.