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Captivate 8: Working with Text-to-Speech and Voices

eLearning Brothers

Toward the end of that post is a quick mention and “how to” on Captivate’s text-to-speech functionality. So here’s a quick overview of Captivate 8’s text-to-speech features as well as some details on how to obtain the voices, install them, and a couple related options and further resource information.

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The Ultimate Checklist for PDF Accessibility: Tips, Tools, and Standards

Hurix Digital

It means that they may appear as blank, blurry, or illegible code for individuals who use assistive technologies such as screen readers, screen magnifiers, text-to-speech software, or Braille displays. Some of the key elements of PDF accessibility are tags, form fields, image accessibility, and text-to-speech compatibility.

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Empowering Lives: The Transformative Impact of Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities

Hurix Digital

Communication aids: Communication aids like speech-generating devices, text-to-speech software, and alternative and augmentative communication devices can help people with speech or language impairments for improved communication.

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5 Easy Ways to Make Your Content More Accessible

Scissortail's Learning Nest

Add Alt Text. One of the easiest things you can do to make your content more accessible is to write alternative text for each image. Alternative text is a description of an image that’s read by screen readers. If the image doesn’t load or is blocked, the alt text will describe the image.

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What should be the inevitable qualities of an elearning authoring tool?

Creativ Technologies

Ability to create accessible content : Apart from that, the tool must have a text-to-speech facility so that visually impaired learners can be accommodated. If such a facility is not provided, then the company needs to record voiceovers, which is costly. Alternatively, the tool must have inbuilt graphic editing facilities.

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Screen Readers and How They Work with Section 508 E-Learning

CommLab India

They present this information to learners by converting text-to-speech and using sound icons or a Braille output device. In simple words, screen readers “read out” the content on the computer screen such as headings, paragraphs, alternative text of images, and so on. Mac VoiceOver. NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access).

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Top 10 Tips to Create Interactive Digital Books in 2022

Kitaboo

Add Voiceovers. The addition of the text-to-speech feature is a great way to make your digital book highly interactive and engaging because it gives the learners the option to choose how they want to consume the content. Understanding Readium – Features, Architecture and Alternatives. Digital Publishing / May 19, 2020.