ReadSpeaker is committed to delivering the best text-to-speech experience

ReadSpeaker is committed to delivering the best text-to-speech experience

The ReadSpeaker team is committed to making the online listening experience the best it can be. We also keep using the latest technology available in this field to make our text-to-speech (TTS) solutions the best in their class. We have made the following improvements and delivered updates to our industry-leading text-to-speech (TTS) solutions: ReadSpeaker webReader, ReadSpeaker docReader and ReadSpeaker TextAid. 

ReadSpeaker is a strong advocate of making information on the web accessible. The overall goal of the company is to help our customers meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCAG2 and to keep striving to provide the best experience for all web users, whoever they are. As the result of our work on many new features, and through our ongoing collaboration with leading accessibility experts, all our solutions now include enhanced accessibility features, which you will notice in the new look and better contrast, and in the highlighting borders shown while the highlighting feature is in use, to help people with color blindness and others.

Our language team also works hard to keep adding new languages and voices, to ensure the widest range of options available to our customers on the market. Looking for a voice that speaks Catalan? Jordi or Empar. Or Latvian? You should listen to Oskars. You can listen to our voices here.

To check the languages available for all our solutions, click here.

ReadSpeaker webReader

We are pleased to announce that ReadSpeaker webReader now includes an option to add formReader. This makes it easy for website owners and managers to add a read-aloud feature to their forms. ReadSpeaker formReader gives visitors interactive spoken help as they fill in the elements and fields of web forms (such as buttons, checkboxes and more), and lets them hear the text they type.

In addition, the ReadSpeaker webReader interface is now available in 6 new languages: 

Catalan, Basque, Galician, Taiwanese Chinese, Icelandic and Latvian.

Educational institutions that use webReader will notice not only the new look and feel, but also that the style of ReadSpeaker webReader can now be changed flexibly within the learning management system, so institutions can use the listen button to meet the needs of their students in the best possible way.

ReadSpeaker docReader

A translation feature is now available in ReadSpeaker docReader. This exciting new development means that users can get the text translated into a selection of supported languages (check [here] to see those languages). 

ReadSpeaker TextAid 

ReadSpeaker TextAid includes some really great new features for users and administrators alike: 

• Pause between words: to help those who prefer to read slowly, users can choose to add a pause between words while the text is read aloud. The accompanying highlighting also pauses, in line with the reading speed set by the user. 
• Import of multiple files: to make using ReadSpeaker TextAid with personal documents simpler, users can now import several files from their Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive accounts instead of repeating the import process each time.
• Easier interactions between students and teachers: teachers can now share documents directly with students, and students in turn can hand in assessments and tests with voice comments to the teacher’s library.  
• The customization tools are now more precise: the time can now be set to match your local time zone. This is a great addition for remote learners, who live in different local time zones.
• Those who use the ReadSpeaker TextAid browser extensions can now easily use ReadSpeaker Snapshot with any text that cannot be selected (images,  pdf files and more). The user selects an area of the screen and, using optical character recognition (OCR), ReadSpeaker TextAid reads the text aloud from a pop-up window. 

The ReadSpeaker team hopes that our customers and the users of our tools enjoy these new features and improvements. Feel free to send us your feedback and tell us what you think!