Find an overview of ReadSpeaker's settings here

 

ReadSpeaker is the name of the embedded text-to-speech tool in My Courses. Look for the toolbar and click on "Listen" or the green play icon to use it.

 

     

 

 

Click on the green pause icon to pause the speech and save your place, click on the red stop icon to stop the speech and lose your place, click the rewind button to go back 5 seconds, click the fast forward button to go forward 5 seconds, click on the speaker icon to adjust the volume, click on the speedometer icon to adjust the speed, and the "X" icon to collapse the toolbar.

 

     

 

 

When audio is being generated there is a secondary toolbar at the bottom of the screen that has the same pause, rewind, fast forward, and X icons. If you click on the words "Automatic Scrolling" you can toggle between "Off" and "On." When Automatic Scrolling is set to "Off" you will need to manually scroll down in order for audio to continue to be generated, whereas "On" scrolls for you when it gets to the bottom of the page.

 

     

 

 

To generate audio for an embedded pdf, powerpoint etc, first click on the file, then at the top right of the page click the volume icon.

 

     

 

 

Click on the "Listen" icon toward the top of the page