An assignment for EDUC 5163, a FABULOUS course that is part of the MEd in Inclusive Education at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, taught by the FABULOUS Barb Welsford at the Dartmouth Waterfront Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College. Complete with view of Halifax Harbour.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Text-to-Speech for Windows
The Text-to-Speech feature is one of the most fundamental support features in Read&Write 10 Gold. Text can be read as you type or from any document. It will read each word, sentence, paragraph or selected text. There is a choice of different voices which can be adjusted to suit you by altering the pitch, speed and volume. According to Texthelp, they have the most human-sounding voices (for whatever reason, I wasn't able to experience the different voices. The lovely Jane was all I was able to hear). You can choose the way the text is highlighted. Text can be colour highlighted in the document. By hearing your work aloud you will be able to identify mistakes in punctuation, spelling and meaning. Simply place the cursor where you wish the text to be spoken. Click the play icon to hear it aloud. If on a website, highlight the text first.
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