Fabulous Word program feature
Posted by dmlagrone on February 18, 2009
I spend Mondays reading and trying technology…what exciting days those are! I was so excited this week about a posting at the Free Resources from the Net for (Special) Education blog. Paul described a wonderful feature in Word where you can add a voice comment using an existing Word feature.
I immediately began trying to use that and, after an hour, called my Super Techie for help. After they researched it, we came to the conclusion that the “voice comment” feature in Word does not exist for Mac users…of whom I am one. The good news is that I’m not as technologically challenged as I thought; the bad news is that I can’t use that feature.
…but more good news is that my Super Techie showed me how to change a Word document into the “notebook” view, using the “View” menu on the toolbar, and that affords a similar feature. I am able to record in that view but the playback is all is one long stream. That wasn’t exactly what I was looking for but it IS a feature that I can use in other ways.
We all have students who need to hear things read aloud at times. I’m thinking that I can create my documents, then go back and record what the text says, and then the students can listen along.
I’m going to have to investigate how this will work between PCs and Macs, in case students have one thing at school and something else at home.
Wow! Today I love technology!
February 18th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Hey that is a great tip! Going to go check it out right now. Thanks