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      Text-to-Speech

      How to turn-on, navigate, and customize the text-to-speech features

      Within this guide:

      • Audiosync
      • Listen Tool

      GSEonline offers two options for text-to-speech: Audiosync and the Listen Tool

      Audiosync is available in Student Edition textbooks. Used to listen to full pages.

      The Listen Tool is available in all textbooks. Used as clickable sentence reader which allows the user to jump around or reread sentences.

      Audiosync

      1. Open a Student Edition book in the Readerkb_gseonline_reader

      2. As you read, you may see audiosync buttons at the top of pages

      This tool reads the text aloud, tracking by word-level and sentence-level highlighting. Typically, the main body text will be read first, followed by any sidebar text on the page

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      3. Click on the icon to launch the audiosync player

      This will also launch the audiosync menu. In this menu, you can do several actions to customize your listening experience.

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      4. Click and drag the "Drag Me" icon to move the audiosync playerkb_gseonline_reader_as_03

      5. Click "Pause" or "Play" to stop or resume the audiokb_gseonline_reader_as_04

      6. Click "Speed" to slow down or speed up the audio by clicking an option from the menukb_gseonline_reader_as_05

      7. Click "Select Color" to change the highlight colorkb_gseonline_reader_as_06

      8. Click "Mute" or "Unmute" to turn off or on the soundkb_gseonline_reader_as_07

      9. Slide the volume bar to turn the volume up or downkb_gseonline_reader_as_08

      10. Click "Close" to close the audiosync player

      Note: This will also turn off the audio

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      Listen Tool

      1. Open any book in the Readerkb_gseonline_reader

      2. Click the Listen Tool icon

      This tool can be used as a clickable sentence reader, allowing users to jump around the page and reread sentences for a customized reading experience. This tool can also read languages other than English, such as Spanish or French.

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      3. Click text on the page to start reading from that point

      Continue to click around the page to listen to different parts read aloud.

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      4. Click forward or back to go to the next or previous sentence

      Tip: You can also click another point on the page to go forward or backward

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      5. Click play or pause to start or stop the audiokb_gseonline_reader_lt_04

      6. Click the speaker icon to mute or unmute the audiokb_gseonline_reader_lt_05

      7. Select the audio speed to speed up or slow down the audiokb_gseonline_reader_lt_06

      8. Select a color or remove color to customize your viewkb_gseonline_reader_lt_07

      9. If you book is in a language other than English, you can select a new voice from the menukb_gseonline_reader_lt_08


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