Free Speaking Avatar for Everyone

Aha...I stumbled upon this tool called Voki - it offers a free speaking avatar. Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages. To hear the message, simply click on the arrow in the frame below. Here's an article describing how avatar can be used in education. Get a Voki now!

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