Richard Byrne shares two speech to text tools and three text to speech tools that are browser based in this post.
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Beth Dichter
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"Rewordify is a free site that was developed by a special education teacher and former computer programmer for the purpose of helping students read complex passages. At its most basic level Rewordify takes a complex passage and rephrases it in simpler terms."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Here is a tool you might want to try with students whom have difficulty reading complex passages. Rewordify rephrases passages (simply cut and paste text into a "yellow box" or type directly into it). Users may select setting so they only see the "easier version" (although they may see the more difficult words as they mouse over the word) or have this option in reverse. You may also enter in a website and have them rewordify the site. There is much additional information on the site including a teacher and student demo. The site is free, and also works on tablet and smartphones. As we move to more informational text and more complex (think Common Core) this site may be quite valuable for many students. 
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If you are using Chrome and looking for a speech to text app Bryne suggests that you check out the Dictanote Speech Recognizer app, a free app and also Dictation.io.
For text to speech he suggests three app.
Speak It is for use with Chrome and will read most web pages. Announcify works with Chrome and also comes for the Android. Select and Speak work with Chrome and will read any text on a web page. Bryne explains each of the tools in his post.
If you have students whom struggle with reading text to speech tools provide a way for them to work more independently online. For students whom may struggle with the writing process but whom speak cleary a speech to text tool may make an enormous difference in their ability to keep up with work.