Text-to-Speech in the Student Learning Experience

Use these steps to show a student how to hear text on the screen in a different language.

Frequently Asked Questions:
Which languages do we support with our Text-to-Speech tool?

View the supported languages here:


 Caution

Text to Speech must be enabled before it will show on the student's view. Learn how to enable text translation for a single student or multiple students

  1. Have the student select the tile for the course.
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  2. Open the next activity.
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  3. Select the + sign.
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  4. Select Transcript.
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  5. In the upper, right-hand corner of the screen click the arrow next to English. The student will select the language of his/her choice. To find additional languages, click More.
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     Caution

    For the task pages in the instruction, throughout the assignment and assessment, a student will need to re-select the language as it resets as the frames change.

     Note

    For students who need it read aloud in English, the language is already defaulted. Move to the next step.

  6. Highlight the text in the transcript that one wants to be read aloud.
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  7. Hover over the headphones button.
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  8. Push the play icon.
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  9. This is how it would look for students once the language has been selected.

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     Note

    Unable to see the clip? Here is an image of it:

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