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Wiki collection of resources and examples for using Voicethread for education purposes. Also includes some best practices and professional development examples.
Jennifer Valley: Free (or Cheaper) Tool and Resources for eLearning (February 2015)
Inexpensive or free tools and resources for animation, audio, graphics, course development, and more
E-learning by Tracy Parish | ZEEF
Large collection of free tools and resources in many categories
Descript | Create podcasts, videos, and transcripts
This tool is geared mostly for podcast producers, but it might have some applications for elearning. When you record audio, it generates a transcript. If you want to edit out some text, you can edit it via the transcript rather than editing the wave forms.
The other interesting feature is "Overdub," which uses an AI generated synthetic voice based on the real voice to fill in changes. If you need to make minor edits in wording, you can use the synthetic voice rather than re-recording the sentence and replacing the audio. You can certainly hear the difference, even in their demo, but i bet for quick edits it would be good enough.
Harlowe Audio Library
Free tool for managing audio files with Twine and Harlowe
Respeecher Voice Marketplace
AI voice generation is an area where new tools keep being released. This is a voice cloning tool where you can copy an existing voice. This would be useful for making revisions if the original voice isn't available (or just to make changes quickly). You can also change the accent or pitch. Their stated use cases are around prototyping and revisions, not full narration for finished products.
Transcript.LOL - Summary, Topics, & Ask Questions
Automatic transcripts including speaker identification plus summaries and additional info. Post the link to a recording, and it can transcribe it for you. This AI transcription tool has different levels of paid plans for larger volumes of media and additional features.