ReadSpeaker webReader can be integrated across the BrightSpace platform, or on a course-by-course basis, to read aloud HTML content while seeing highlighting of the spoken text.

• Text to Speech with Simultaneous Highlighting - Reads the content of web pages out loud. The words and sentences being read are highlighted in separate colors, making it easy to read along as you listen.
• Translation - Translate a selected text to a number of languages and have the text read in the target language
• Settings - Personalize reading speed, highlighting colors, and more.
• Dictionary - Select a word and find its definition.
• Read on Hover - Hover over a paragraph of text and it will read aloud automatically.
• Text Mode - View a clutter-free version of the web page with text in your preferred font, size, and colors.
• Text Selection - Select a text and click the listen icon that appears.
• Page Mask - Horizontal bar that can be moved along with the reading to bring out the lines bein read by shading the rest of the screen.
• Enlarge Text - Text being read is displayed at the bottom of the page in large font size
• Mp3 Download - Download an audio version of your content for offline listening
• 100% cloud-based - Means no downloads necessary.

Research indicates a large number of learners can benefit from consuming content in multiple ways. The automated support for having content spoken aloud is a tremendous accessibility benefit, assisting users that have reading disabilities, are new to a language, or that simply learn better by listening.

ReadSpeaker webReader can be integrated with Brightspace Learning Environment 10.1 and above.

Language Support: 

webReader user interface languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

webReader Translation tool supports: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

webReader Word Lookup tool supports: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian (Bokmål), Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

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