Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 20, 2010

This post is part of the series on Text-to-Speech (TTS) for eLearning written by Dr. Joel Harband and edited by me. One of the concerns raised by various comments during the series has been around the quality of the results of Text-to-Speech (TTS) Voices and if that was suitable for eLearning.

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CourseArc

APRIL 19, 2023

Call it the age of conversational computing—and the computer’s end of these conversations comes courtesy of a digital technology called text to speech, or TTS for short. For years it’s been used as an accessibility tool; as educational technology (edtech); and as an audio alternative to reading.

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eFront

JANUARY 16, 2011

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/16/2011 Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning Open source software can be used as we wish, without long-term commitments and with a community of professionals that extend and support them.

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Adobe Captivate

AUGUST 6, 2010

Through my previous blog series on text-to-speech, you have learnt about: The different text-to-speech voices in Adobe Captivate 5 (NeoSpeech and Loquendo). Tweaking the pronunciation of text generated using NeoSpeech voices. In this blog post, let us learn how to tweak the speech generated using Loquendo voices.

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Paradiso Solutions

MARCH 9, 2024

With CogniSpark, you can create dynamic courses enriched with text, images, audio, videos, and interactive elements like avatars, quizzes, and exercises, making learning engaging and interactive. Traditional classrooms often use a one-size-fits-all approach, with teachers presenting the same material to all students.

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Kitaboo

APRIL 22, 2024

Gone are the days when students had to go through pages and pages of text-heavy traditional textbooks. With these digital textbooks on platforms like KITABOO , students can scroll through engaging content, watch videos, listen to text audio, and enjoy their study experience.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 19, 2015

by Kevin Siegel      Using Captivate's Text to Speech feature allows you to quickly convert written text to voiceover audio. However, we recently had a client who felt that Paul (that was the Speech Agent we used for the project) spoke too fast. It's an awesome feature.

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Hurix Digital

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

From support for audio and video content to interactive elements and responsive design, ePub3 empowers authors and publishers to create immersive and engaging eBooks. Multimedia Incorporations – Embed eye-catching audio samples or videos seamlessly without worrying about device compatibility barriers that previously hampered ambitions.

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Hurix Digital

MARCH 26, 2024

Moreover, it drives innovation in how we present content, ensuring that our materials remain relevant and engaging in the long run. Improved Multimedia Integration Moving beyond static text, future PDFs to ePub3 conversion solutions will seamlessly integrate multimedia elements like audio, video, and interactive features.

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Paradiso Solutions

JULY 20, 2023

The platform is divided into four sub-products: Text-to-Speech: Turn written text into realistic speech. Speech-to-Text: Convert spoken words into written text with ease. Speech-to-Audio: Generate high-quality audio files from spoken content.

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Kitaboo

DECEMBER 4, 2023

ePUB3 allows publishers to add various interactivities, like audio, video, presentations and even third-party links. The format offers better semantics, media overlays, pronunciation hints, and text-to-speech playback. Foremost, they weren’t reflowable, restricting the reading experience.

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 23, 2024

So, if a learner with difficulty in identifying text takes an exam, the software will scan his profile and enlarge the text of the exam paper without any manual intervention. The ‘Text-to-Speech’ attribute facilitates students to hear parts of the exam paper loudly.

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Integranxt

MARCH 6, 2024

This vast landscape presents immense opportunities for customer service monetization through AI-powered personalization. Automated content generation increase customer lifetime value through hyper-personalized experiences ) Generate alternative text (alt text) for a wide array of digital assets to enhance content accessibility.

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Hurix Digital

JANUARY 30, 2024

It necessitates audio image descriptions for the visually impaired and ensures keyboard navigation for those with motor limitations to ensure that no one gets left behind in the digital revolution. It comprises features like text-to-speech and voice-typing to help people with impairments navigate websites with ease.

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Kitaboo

JULY 1, 2022

So these eBooks may include features such as storytelling read aloud, touch and feel, audio and video, and sound effects. Amazon Polly, a Text-to-Speech service, is another popular platform for converting textbooks into lifelike speech. What is Amazon Polly? What are the benefits of Amazon Polly? Read-aloud Features.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

JULY 18, 2022

One of the easiest things you can do to make your content more accessible is to write alternative text for each image. Alternative text is a description of an image that’s read by screen readers. I like to use the text-to-speech audio in Storyline for drafts. For audio-only content, they require a transcript.

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Kitaboo

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Students can easily adjust the text and the back-lighting or inbuilt light on the device to make reading a much easier experience. . Audio or Text-to-Speech Option. Many e-textbooks have audio or text-to-speech functions which enable you to listen to the material instead of reading it.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 25, 2018

When it comes to audio in eLearning, my experience strongly suggests that adding voiceover audio to your project enhances the learner experience. However, home-grown audio featuring you as the voiceover talent works great. In these instances, Text-to-Speech (TTS) is a wonder. by Kevin Siegel, CTT, COTP.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 25, 2018

When it comes to audio in eLearning, my experience strongly suggests that adding voiceover audio to your project enhances the learner experience. However, home-grown audio featuring you as the voiceover talent works great. In these instances, Text-to-Speech (TTS) is a wonder. by Kevin Siegel, CTT, COTP.

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Hurix Digital

AUGUST 25, 2023

Text-to-speech commands, keyboard navigation, adaptable PDFs, voice commands, screen readers, etc., accessibility standards require live captioning for all audio and video content under Success Criterion (SC) 1.2.4 Live caption, referred to as subtitles, is the text representation of audio and video content.

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Kitaboo

MARCH 24, 2024

These digital textbooks often incorporate multimedia elements such as videos, animations, simulations, and interactive quizzes to present information in a more engaging and accessible manner. Immersive Multimedia Content Interactive digital textbooks are rich repositories of multimedia elements such as videos, animations, and audio clips.

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Epilogue Systems

APRIL 11, 2024

Studies show that viewers retain information significantly better when presented through video compared to traditional methods. – Quality Counts: Invest in high-quality audio and visuals. – InVideo : Provides AI-powered editing tools and text-to-speech conversion for a seamless video creation experience.

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Kitaboo

MARCH 23, 2024

SkyEpub helps you enrich your eBooks with multimedia features like audio, video, and text-to-speech narration, creating a truly immersive reading experience. Furthermore, it breaks down the language barrier, supporting left-to-right and right-to-left languages. The DRM system steers you clear of piracy concerns.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 18, 2014

      Lastly, check out the Speech Agents (via  Audio > Speech Management ). Previous versions of Captivate included five Text to Speech Agents. And Yumi covers you if you need audio for Korean eLearners. New to the team are  James  and  Yumi.

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Kitaboo

APRIL 24, 2024

Here are some relevant features: K-12 digital education content allows educators to simplify complex concepts and present them in more customized ways. By leveraging modern learning platforms with digital content, K-12 educators have elevated the learning environment, creating immersive experiences for students.

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Paradiso Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2023

Visual learners: Instead of just written text, learners acquire information more effectively when it is presented in a visual manner such as images, charts, graphs, symbols, arrows, etc. The text-to-speech converter Paradiso Ai allows for the creation of incredible voiceovers with lifelike voices.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 19, 2013

The TechSmith Education team will be heading down to San Antonio this year for the Annual Conference and Exposition, and we’re eager to hang out with all of our presenter pals at our booth. post in our series of our presenter profiles. Presenter Profile Number 6: Kristin Daniels. Watch this presentation.

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Kitaboo

MARCH 21, 2024

Blockchain Technology: Exploring blockchain’s potential for secure distribution and rights management presents exciting possibilities. Its comprehensive DRM solutions cater to various eBook formats, including reflowable and fixed layouts and supporting features like media overlays, video, audio, and text-to-speech.

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Hurix Digital

JULY 20, 2023

It also includes presenting the content on the webpage in a way that can be easily comprehended and navigated by everyone, with or without a disability. guideline are: Audio and video content must have subtitles and transcripts to ensure people with hearing impairments can understand the content. Some of the examples of the WCAG 2.1

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 5, 2019

Learning theory strongly supports the addition of audio such as voice-over to eLearning. As a general principle however, if eLearning is to be available to a multitude of devices and browsers, it is prudent to ensure that the eLearning would be sufficient even if the audio fails to play. Generating a voice-over from text.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 22, 2024

Making a case for digital publishing, especially in the context of K12 education, involves presenting compelling arguments that highlight its benefits and potential to transform the learning experience. It’s also an environmentally friendly approach, cutting down on paper use and supporting sustainability in education.

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Hurix Digital

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

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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Hurix Digital

JUNE 20, 2023

Content developers can use XML to separate content from presentation and define the metadata needed for translation, making it easier to translate and localize content for different markets and languages. Separate content from the presentation: Ensure that the XML document separates content from the presentation.

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Hurix Digital

MAY 18, 2023

By 2025, the market for eLearning, presently worth several billion dollars, is expected to rise significantly and reach $350 billion. The best eLearning authoring tools will provide you with videos, audio, images, and many other interactive elements. Things have come a long way ever since.

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Hurix Digital

JANUARY 29, 2024

This report certainly presents how assistive technology is changing the face of the healthcare industry. At the same time, audiobooks convert text to speech for those who are blind or partially sighted. For instance, audio transcripts and captioned videos might be helpful to people who have hearing loss. trillion at a 13.5%

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Kitaboo

MARCH 30, 2024

With KITABOO SDK , you can build an app that integrates multimedia elements like video, audio, images, animations, and more within eBooks. present on the search bar. Unlike them, reflowable layouts allow the content to adapt to the screen of every device, ensuring seamless readability on small screens as well as large screens.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 17, 2008

Presenters: Adam Tanners, Doctoral Student in Exceptionalities, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI. Alternate methods of presentation & evaluation. Text-based files. Video files & audio podcasts. Reading & inputting text on screen. Create descriptive audio for videos (i.e., Background.

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