Either way just click the “RW” icon to open Read & Write.
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If you are in a Google Doc, there will be an “RW” icon at the top of the Doc. If you are on a web page there will be an “RW” icon inside your URL bar on the far right. With Read & Write installed, you will access it in two different ways depending on whether you are on a web page or in a Google Doc. However, for this blog post we will just focus on that feature (and take a closer look at this extension in its own post in the future). Read & Write for Google is the Swiss army knife of extensions with a wide range of tools beyond just text to speech. This can be helpful for students as well as adults, as I know I have listened to many web-based articles while folding laundry. Need to read an article, but you also need to do chores, exercise, or just relax? Use a text to speech tool to read to you while you multitask. For students learning a world language they can choose a text in the language they are studying, then pick a voice in that language to read the text, allowing them to hear the proper pronunciation.įinally, in addition to all the educational reasons listed above, using a text to speech tool can simply save time. Many text to speech tools don’t just work for the English language, but also have multiple voices you can select in many languages, dialects, and genders. In fact, I used text to speech on this blog post for my own editing. This allows them to find incorrect words (“you” instead of “your”), missing punctuation, double words (the dreaded “the the”), sentences that do not flow, and ideas that need more details. Before a student submits their work to their teacher they should use one of the text to speech tools to hear what they actually wrote, not what they think they wrote. When students write reports, essays, or stories, one of the best ways for them to edit their works is to hear it read back aloud to them. It can also be used to read the words the students wrote themselves. Text to speech is not just to help students read unfamiliar text. Students who learn well auditorily will benefit from this extra presentation of the content while they read along. In addition to the student reading the words visually, the student can also hear the words read aloud. This can help the student listen at a pace that is appropriate for their comprehension.Įven if a student is able to read proficiently, using text to speech can provide additional support by tapping into a second learning modality. Most text to speech tools also allow the user to slow down or speed up the speaking rate. This can be used for an article on a website, or the content in an online course, or the instructions you put at the top of a Google Docs assignment.
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One of the most common uses for text to speech is to help students who have difficulty reading.