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Audiobooks for Education: The Rise of Text-to-Speech Textbooks

Kitaboo

One of the major reasons is that text-to-speech textbooks can be conveniently listened to in case the learner is unable to sit down and read. Modernization With Text-to-Speech Textbooks II. Accelerated Production Text-to-speech (TTS) technology is extremely easy to implement for text that already exists in a digital form.

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3 Ways to Make Learning Accessible to All Students

Hurix Digital

For example, text-to-speech software can read the text aloud for students with visual impairments or learning difficulties, while subtitles and captions can help those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

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Seven Things I Learned This Year

Tony Karrer

Joel Harband wrote a series of articles for my blog on Text-to-Speech in eLearning. Text-to-Speech Examples Text-to-Speech Costs – Licensing and Pricing But what I learned from this was that it was a fantastic way to learn about a topic where I was interested but didn’t have the time to spend researching it.

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How Can You Develop Learning Programs That Are Accessible to Higher-Ed Institutions?

Hurix Digital

Offering content in different formats: video, audio, visual diagrams, and text. Providing alternatives for demonstrating learning: tests, presentations, projects, and discussions. Make use of text-to-speech features, captions for videos, and alternative text for images.

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Maximizing Learning Potential with Open Educational Resources

Kitaboo

Broadening Access for All Learners Fostering Greater Collaboration Enhancing Customization and Personalization Facilitating Lifelong Learning Opportunities Offering Cost-Saving Alternatives III. This includes textbooks, eBooks , lecture notes, dissertations, research papers, assignments, multimedia, etc.

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The Benefits of Using Digital Learning Platforms in the Classroom

Kitaboo

They offer learning content in various formats, from courses to live lectures and video tutorials. A study showed that students who learned via gamification saw an 89.45% improvement in performance compared to those who learned via lectures. That said, they are more than mere portals to learning content.

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The Role of Higher Education Publishing Solutions in Transforming the Learning Landscape

Kitaboo

Online learning platforms, recorded lectures and webinars, discussion forums and collaboration tools, and other asynchronous learning opportunities without real-time constraints. They also ensure that digital assessments are formulated in accessible formats with alternative methods. Open educational resources (OER).