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Free Text-To-Speech Solution for PC & E-Text

Free Text-To-Speech Solution for PC & E-Text. Philip Voorhees Adaptive Technology Coordinator Austin Peay State University. Overview.

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Free Text-To-Speech Solution for PC & E-Text

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  1. Free Text-To-Speech Solutionfor PC & E-Text Philip Voorhees Adaptive Technology Coordinator Austin Peay State University

  2. Overview This demonstration will show you how to use Adobe Reader’s free Read-Out-Loud text-to-speech solution with Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF) E-Text within the Windows 7 environment and have a conversation on the viability of this free solution and client preference.

  3. What will we cover? • 1- Selectable E-Text PDF • 2- Read-Out-Loud free text-to-speech solution for Adobe Reader • 3- how to use Read-Out-Loud to read a selectable E-Text PDF • 4- how to configure Read-Out-Loud forreading preferences and use with Windows 7

  4. Selectable E-Text PDF • PDF is often the default format provided by publishers to higher-ed disability service providers for use as an alternative format or for further format conversion/creation. • PDF is often the default format for library course reserves and can be a “graphic based” barrier or an enriched searchable environment if created as selectable E-Text.

  5. Read-Out-Loudtext-to-speech solution for Adobe Reader • Free and simple solution for some individuals with disabilities who need alternative format for print accommodations • Paradigms and client preference • Benefits for students without disabilities

  6. A brief history • Read-Out-Loud • Introduced with Adobe Reader 6 2003 • Philosophical underpinnings on how AT should be provided • Tool not a Text-To-Speech engine • Developed to work with the existing TTS of an operating system • Microsoft Sam 

  7. What has changed - Windows 7 • DEMONSTRATION of Read-Out-Loud with Adobe Reader X

  8. How to use Read-Out-Loud to read a selectable text PDF • 1. Activate/Deactivate Adobe Read-Out-Loud • 2. Read this page only • 3. Read to the end of a document • 4. Select text to read • 5. Pause/restart reading • 6. Stop reading

  9. How to configure Read-Out-Loud for reading preferences & use with Windows 7 • 1. Reading Order Options • 2. Read Out Loud Options • Volume • Voice • Pitch • WPM • Forms • 3. Screen Reader Options.

  10. Summation • Selectable E-Text PDF is often the default file format for publisher’s and libraries • Read-Out-Loud is a free text-to-speech solution for Adobe Reader not an engine • Client preferences are ever changing • Mobility is becoming a key issue in usability • Read-Out-Loud can benefit everyone

  11. Summation • You can use Read-Out-Loud to read a selectable text PDF • You can configure Read-Out-Loud for reading preferences & use with Windows 7

  12. Resources • Read a PDF with Read Out Loud • Adobe Acrobat X accessibility overview • My Information: • Philip Voorhees • Adaptive Technology Coordinator • APSU/Office of Disability Services • voorheesp@apsu.edu

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