Speakaboos

Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site, iPad

Teaches: language, literacy

CTR Review

Here's a free set of 36 narrated storybook-inspired videos and narrated slide shows, available either as a web site in Flash, or as an app in iTunes for iPad. The initial download is free. Stories are generally high in quality but low in interactive features. Some are pure videos, or stories shown in slide show fashion. Titles include A Christmas Carol, Aladdin, Cinderella, Bunny Foo Foo and Goldilocks. The Three Little Pigs consisted of excellent narration and graphics, but it took a long time to load the first time, and the interactive features were crudely done. Fortunately it is easy to jump out and to visit another story. Because the topics deal with things like bugs, cars or outer space, it is likely children will find something they like.