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Text-to-Speech Basics: What Is TTS and Who Uses It?

CourseArc

Call it the age of conversational computing—and the computer’s end of these conversations comes courtesy of a digital technology called text to speech, or TTS for short. For years it’s been used as an accessibility tool; as educational technology (edtech); and as an audio alternative to reading.

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The critical role of accessibility in elearning

Limestone Learning

However, the effectiveness of elearning is highly contingent upon its accessibility, making it imperative to design courses that everyone can use, regardless of their physical or cognitive abilities. Motor accessibility: Design courses that can be navigated using keyboard shortcuts and avoid requiring precise mouse control.

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Training for All: Seven Tips for More Accessible Learning

eLearningMind

percent are blind or experience significant vision impairment, and over 10 percent have a cognitive disability. Imagine your current workforce. Allow for text-only options. Blind and vision impaired employees may rely on text-to-speech tools. Of those, nearly six percent are deaf or hard of hearing, 4.6

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6 Web Accessibility trends for 2023

Hurix Digital

The forced evolution of web accessibility trends post-COVID-19 has been a blessing in disguise for people with visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive impairments. Web accessibility refers to making a webpage or website accessible for users with cognitive and motor impairments. Virtual and Augmented Reality 5.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Voice-Over in eLearning - The Learning Circuits Blog , September 1, 2010 Over the past couple of months, Dr. Joel Harband has been teaching me all about Using Text-to-Speech in eLearning. The comment was: Even the best Text-to-Speech can only do one thing - receive text and spit it back out. concerning OER.

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The Power Of Effective E Learning Content Development: How To Do It Well

Spark Your Interest

Accessibility: Making e-learning content accessible to all individuals, such as providing text-to-speech options, closed captions, and alternative formats. Cognitive Load – the amount of knowledge in working memory to knowledge in long-term memory (prior knowledge).

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E-Learning Accessibility Overview Plus Top Tips & Best Practices

Capytech

They include auditory, visual, cognitive, speech-related, neurological, and learning disabilities. This can include providing text alternatives for media elements and other non-text content. Examples include descriptions of graphs and charts, as well as alt text for images. How do you do this?

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