Why

Why does ReadSpeaker give you several options for voices? Many reasons come to mind.  Some learners prefer a male or a female voice.  Some learners may have hearing loss or impairment, and some voices may hit the lost or impaired tones.  Others may choose a different accent for the French or the English voice. Personal preference drives the selections.

Who

In this case, WHO is easy to define: every learner.  Each learner can select the voice or voices they want to hear.  

When

If students have been listening for a long time, encourage them to re-engage with content by changing voices. Select one voice for one subject and a different voice for another subject.  Changing the Reading Voice can help the learner refocus on their learning.

How

The Reading Voice option is available in BOTH webReader and docReader.

webReader

docReader

For both webReader and docReader, once you have selected a voice, the reading will use the selected voice.  For best practice, select a voice that matches the document or file language.

Videos

webReader

docReader

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