Testimonials
“From and educator’s view, this product is wonderful. It is the perfect vehicle to encourage and develop fluency. Also, in the classroom, I utilize many books on tape or CD, but audio is not available for every book. There are many books that students love that we don’t have audio for and this product would not only allow audio and background music and sounds but will allow every child to contribute to the classroom library.”
“The positive characteristic of this product is that the story can be a parent’s voice to provide reading experiences with a child. This product could also be used for a parent who is away whether a business trip or away in the military. A grandparent with more time or far away could create stories for a child to listen to. It does have educational purpose based on the gap from intellectual capacity to reading ability.”
“What was great about this software was the ability to have a parent make an audio book for their kids! I really liked the flexibility of choosing the books, sound effects and background noises.”
- iParenting Media Award
“As a parent, you are ultimately responsible for your child’s education. Using “Read-Along With Me,” parents have the potential to give children the greatest educational gift: a love of reading! Children must hear words in order to relate the words to written symbols. Reading aloud strengthens a child’s imagination, expands their vocabulary and provides an opportunity for children to develop listening skills.”
- Gail Graves, elementary school teacher & reading specialist, & author of “Read With Me!.”
“Thank you so much for letting us try your product. I love how it's packaged like a golden treasure book and the easy to read overview info explaining how it works on the inside cover.
Before I went into Business Administration, I was an elementary school teacher. I would have loved to have this in my classroom. I graduated with a Reading Emphasis and learned how important it was for children to read aloud - even as adults to stay in tune and help with comprehension. As I was recording a book for my 8 month old, I couldn't help but get excited to use this with my nieces and nephews who are older and have a longer attention span.
There are so many different ways this could help encourage a child and get them excited about reading and celebrating their achievements. You could even co-record a book with your child so they could play it back and see what a good reader they are becoming. They could even play back their recording to a younger sibling that loved to look at books but wasn't ready to read, like a 5-6 year old to a 3 year old. They would love that!
I wish your product great success! I think all the schools should have your program. Grandparents, Parents, Volunteers could help teachers record books for the students to follow along, especially ESL and special needs students!”
- Shelly Dueri, South Jordan, UT
“My name is Amy Hone. I am mother of a toddler and a preschooler. Both my husband and I work away from the home 40+ hours per week and occasionally we each have business travel which keeps us away from our favorite family ritual; bedtime stories. DigiTells is a fabulous program that has brought a lot of joy and peace into our home. Now my kids can experience story time with both of their parents every evening even if we are hundreds of miles away. Furthermore, the kids can take a more participatory approach to our bedtime ritual by recording parts of their favorite books which will only enhance their desire to learn to read. Lastly, I am so excited about how creative you can be with the program allowing each of your books to have your own individual loving touch.
This is not only a wonderful product that will encourage and enhance my children's learning but it's a special way to preserve family memories such as a my husband's dinosaur voice, our grandparent's loving voice and my children's excitability when discovering, creating and enjoying books as a family.”
- Amy A. Hone
“My wife and I tried the Read-Along with Me program this weekend and loved it. Our kids thought it was great and enjoyed listing to their parents read to them over and over. My 5 year old especially enjoyed it but even my 2 year old was able to use it with the help of her brother.
The program was very easy to use and in fact the first book I recorded I used the advanced planning option with no problems. It was easy to navigate and if I needed additional instructions I referred back to the tutorial.
I would recommend this to anyone who has kids and wants them to be more involved in reading. I would also think teachers and churches could use this very successfully. Thinking about my 5 year olds pre-school program last year, this system could have applied in so many instances and brought a lot of fun to reading.
All in all this is an awesome program that my kids will love for a long time. My kids like to sit at the kitchen counter and read. That happens to be where our family laptop also resides so we plan on recording as many books as possible and using the laptop to store them on, which will be easy for us and perfect for helping our kids.”
- Matt Hardy
“My daughter Ashley had the BEST time yesterday "animating" her own books. Parents can not only record their voices for younger children, but OLDER children can record their own voices and easily use the software. I LOVE this! Parents will LOVE this because it's something entertaining AND educational.........Home RUN I tell ya!!!!!!
My seven year old daughter loves wearing the head-set and recording her own voice. Yesterday she spent two hours reading the stories, choosing the music and special effects and then playing it back for her younger siblings to enjoy. "Read Along with Me" is a gem that gives my children something fun and educational. Thank you for bringing books to life!”
- Jennifer Wiersma
“My kids loved to hear all of our voices reading to them. This would be great for my dad to read to my girls, he lives out of state so obviously he can't be here to read to them. I wish this had been around before my mother-in-law had passed away. She loved reading to my girls and I know they miss the sound of her voice.
This is a wonderful idea, I don't know why it wasn't thought of before! But, thank you for letting us try it, it is great!”
- Kristi Ludwig, Mrs. South Dakota America
“Our family received DigiTells early last week. We were very excited to give it a try. I have to say we love it. Our kids love it too. Especially our 6 year old daughter who unloaded the whole bookshelf...lol.
I can see if you have a child that is not into reading or you want them to learn the love of reading this is a great start. My husband works a lot and to be able to have his voice on a CD or MP3 for the kids to listen to is great, they love it. Getting to add your personal touch is wonderful too! With family out of state this will work great for our kids to hear Grandma and Grandpa read anytime :) Aunts and Uncles too!
Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to try out DigiTells! We are Happy we did :)”
- Jenette Perras
“I can definitely recommend the DigiTells product. It's clean, professional, and powerful. It is easy to jump right in and use, though I would definitely recommend watching at least a few of the tutorial videos to help streamline your efforts and to understand some of the powerful features in the product. Now that I have the process down, I look forward to making a handful of audio books. I'm hoping to make a few gifts for nieces and nephews as well as my own kids.
I am very impressed with DigiTells. The software is easy to install and get started and the presentation value is very warm and welcoming to a new user. Friendly and powerful tutorial videos really help a novice user get started with their audio book project. DigiTells is a powerful tool for recording and editing an audio book. I can see it being a great tool for teachers, parents, grandparents and more to create very personalized audio books for the children in their lives. And children will love listening to a book personalized by someone they love.”
- Chris Okelberry
