Updating Text-to-Speech for a student

Use this page to either enable or disable the Text-to-Speech for a student.

Frequently Asked Questions:
If students translate text on screen, can they also use the text-to-speech tool to listen to the translated text?

Yes, if students have both the translation tool and the text-to-speech tool enabled, they can use both of them for any text on screen.

How many languages are supported by the text-to-speech translation tool?

View the supported languages here.

Does this feature work on assessments?

Yes it does.


 Permission

To follow the steps listed below, you will need to have "Edit Students" checked under Student Accounts. To validate your permissions, click here.

Need to know how to access this page? View the steps here.

  1. Under More, select Update Student Options. Then click Text-to-Speech
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     Note

    Your action bar may look different based on your permissions.

  2. Select the radio button to Enable or Disable Text-to-Speech for the student, then click Save
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  3. A confirmation screen will show the change was made successfully. Click OK
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     Note

    If Disabled was selected, then the confirmation page will say "Disabled."