ReadSpeaker for Learner/Student
Brightspace users have access to new screen reader tools to further support accessibility, academic accommodations and reading comprehension. ReadSpeaker is a text-to-speech application that is fully integrated and available to everyone in Brightspace. It can be used to read aloud content while in a course or to download content to listen to offline.
* All instructional videos are from ReadSpeaker Solutions: Speech Production YouTube Channel.
How to access ReadSpeaker
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docReader – Read documents including Microsoft Office products (e.g., Word, Excel, PPT) and PDF.)
Open the document, select the dropdown arrow after the title, and select Open with docReader
Select Listen
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webReader – Read HTML course content including quizzes and assignments (e.g., Web pages)
Open the Web page
select listen
ReadSpeaker Control Panel
