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Text to speech software
Open TextHELP on the library computers from the Swansea Universtiy Unified Desktop:
Folder : Assistive Technology
Progran : Read and Write 9
The program will open with the toolbar at the top of your screen:
If your toolbar doesn’t look like this, click on the textHELP logo, until it does
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Reading Text Aloud
There are three different ways to access text:
1. Reading Aloud from the Web / Word Documents 2. Reading Aloud from a locked document such as a pdf. Or e-book. 3. Reading Aloud from a scanned document – possible in Lib?
Reading Aloud from Web / Word Documents
To change the speech settings (speed / tone / voice)
Select the down arrow next to the play button Select ‘Speech Options’ Made your preferences
You can also access a video tour from this menu
Once you have made your preferences, you can highlight text and hear it read aloud (don’t forget your headphones!)
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Reading Aloud from Locked Documents
To access pdf. / e-books / any other document that textHELP can’t read – use the screen shot tool
Don’t forget a video tutorial is available in the menu
(found by clicking on the down arrow next to the icon)
Use this tool to draw a box around the text you wish to hear read-aloud
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Reading Aloud from a Scanned Document
>check access in library