Text to Speech Tools for Chromebook Users

In today's post, we'll delve deeper into Chromebook availability և and share with you a helpful text-to-speech tip we found in a Google for Education tweet . As you know, Chromebooks have two built-in text-to-speech functions : a built-in screen reader that, when activated, will read what you want to focus on. This feature is especially useful for people with vision loss. In addition, there is a " Select to Speak" function, which allows you to select the text և read it aloud.

"Choose to talk" can be enabled in your Chromebook settings. After activating, you can drag the box around the text կար read aloud. Words are highlighted when the Select to Speech function reads them, which is a great way to help students with reading or comprehension problems. Language learners can also use this opportunity to develop conversational skills and learn the correct pronunciation of the target language.

Here's how to turn on "Choose to talk".

• "Select the clock in the lower right corner or press Alt + Shift + s.
• Select Settings.
• Select "Advanced" inside.
• In the Accessibility section, select Access Management.
• In the "Text-to-speech" section, enable the "Enable speech conversion" option.

Here's how to activate the Chromebook built-in screen reader.

• "Select the clock in the lower right corner or press Alt + Shift + s.
• Select Settings.
• Select "Advanced" inside.
• In the Accessibility section, select Access Management.
• Turn on "Turn on ChromeVox (voice response)" in the "Text-to-speech" section.

Here's how to listen to part of the page

• "To select the text you want to hear.
• Hold down the search key և select a line of text.
• While holding down the search key, drag the cursor over a portion of the screen.
• Enter the text և press the search key + s.
• In the bottom right corner, next to Time, select Select to talk. Then select a line of text or drag the cursor over a section of the screen.
• Touch screen. Click in the bottom right corner next to the time Select to talk. Then tap the text line or slide the screen area.
• Your Chromebook will read the section aloud, and each word will be highlighted.
• Press Ctrl or the search key to end the conversation while reading. . You can also select Stop.

Source: Chromebook Help .

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