Accessibility

1.1 Text-To-Speech Voice Screen Reader

Read aloud the current web-page article with one click, using text to speech (TTS). Supports 40+ languages. Read Aloud uses text-to-speech (TTS) technology to convert webpage text to audio.  It works on a variety of websites, including news sites, blogs, fan fiction, publications, textbooks, school and class websites, and online university course materials. Read Aloud allows you to select from a variety of text-to-speech voices, including those provided natively by the browser, as well as by text-to-speech cloud service providers such as Google.

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1.1.1 Steps for Google Chrome Users

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1.1.1.1 Step 1

Click here or copy the following link in a new tab: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/read-aloud-a-text-to-spee/hdhinadidafjejdhmfkjgnolgimiaplp?hl=en

1.1.1.2 Step 2

Click the ‘Add to Chrome’ button

1.1.1.3 Step 3

Click ‘Add extension’ if you agree with the terms of use:

1.1.1.4 Step 4

A pop-up appears. It tells you that if you click the megaphone icon that you will activate the extension so you can use it on any site, including ‘Let’s Grow!’.

1.1.1.5 Step 5

Check if the icon can be found in the top right-hand side of your screen. If it is not there, click the puzzle icon in the top right-hand side of the screen where you expect the megaphone icon to be. If it is there, skip to step 7.

1.1.1.6 Step 6

Click the grey pushpin to turn it blue. After you have done this, the megaphone icon will appear in the top right-hand side of your screen.

A blue pushpin:

You should now have the megaphone icon in the top right-hand side of your screen.

1.1.1.7 Step 7

Click the megaphone icon in the top right-hand side.

The text-to-voice extension will be activated immediately; It will start reading. It will also show the text that is being read.

1.1.2 Instructions

• There will be text marked yellow. Yellow text is being read out loud.
• Many buttons can be found on the pop-up.
• At the top you will find four buttons.
• A backward button (far-left) , forward (far-right) and pause (left middle) and stop (right middle) button will appear.
• On the right side, you will find a slider so you can move through the text.
• If you move through the text and click on a different paragraph, it will turn yellow. If it turns yellow, it will be read out loud.
• In the bottom-left-side of the pop-up, you will find a button to make the text smaller (left button) and a button to make the text bigger (right button).
• You can make the entire pop-up bigger by clicking on the minus and plus buttons in the bottom-right of the pop-up. The left button is to make it smaller and the right button is to make it bigger.
• If you click outside of the pop-up it will disappear. You can bring it back by clicking on the megaphone icon again.
• Backward, forward (left and right) and pause (left middle) and stop (right middle) buttons will appear.
• On the right side, you find a slider so you can move through the text.
• In the bottom-left-side of the pop-up, you will find a button to make the text smaller (left button) and a button to make the text bigger (right button).
• You can make the entire pop-up bigger by clicking on the minus and plus buttons in the bottom-right of the pop-up. The left button is to make it smaller and the right button is to make it bigger.
• If you click outside of the pop-up it will disappear. You can bring it back by clicking on the megaphone icon again.

1.1.2 More Settings

If you wish to listen to a different voice or change its speed, check out these options. Text continues below this image with more information about how to find these settings.

1.1.2.1 Step 1

Click the puzzle icon from 1.1.1.5 step 5 again.

1.1.2.2 Step 2

Click on the three dots next to Read Aloud: A Text to Speech V… and the blue pushpin.
A menu with options will appear.
Left-mouse-click Options