SpokenText

Click on the play button below. This is a recording made with a free web application that takes written text and converts it into an audio file. It is very quick and easy. Spokentext.net allows you to make recordings of text by uploading documents, web pages, or by typing on the fly.

With the initial free account, recordings only last 30 days hosted on their server, but you can download your recordings to keep permanently. Use the comments below this blog to add discussions on how likely you would be to want to use this often.

Sharepoint

Sharepoint, though full of organizationally complex benefits, is a particularly good document management system. Watch this video by commoncraft for a general overview. RCTC is running a simple version - let us know if you'd like your own site!

Screener

Screenr has just been introduced as an open-source free video screen capture application. Designed to be used in conjunction with twitter, we have found it to be a very useful tool on its own merit. The biggest improvement over other open source video capture applications, is the ability to download the final product to your computer and own the file.

Fast facts:
Record your screen actions for up to 5 minutes
WEb based - nothing to download
Mac or PC based
Share by link, or embed code
HD available
FREE!

Try it yourself: http://screenr.com/

Here is the sample we made: