ReadSpeaker for Brightspace can be integrated across the Brightspace platform, or on a course-by-course basis. The ReadSpeaker integration features both our webReader and docReader products that allows the user to read aloud HTML content while seeing highlighting of the spoken text as well as online documents in a variety of formats.

docReader:

• Automatically enables the online text-to-speech technology provided by ReadSpeaker for locally stored online documents.
• Allows all users to listen to content while simultaneously highlighting text. 
• Page mask: Shades screen with horizontal bar for improved reading focus
• Reading ruler: Sliding bar to support learner focus.
• Highlighters: Available in four colors, underlining optional, to promote engagement.
• Text mode: Left orientation of content
• Allows all users to download their content as an MP3 for offline listening.
• Allows all users to highlight specific portions of the content and have it read aloud.
• Allows for choice of voices and languages (based on ReadSpeaker license agreements)
• Allows for viewing documents in layout mode, or in text-only mode.
• Supported document formats: .DOC, .DOCX, .EPUB, .ODP, .ODS, .ODT, .PDF, .PPS, .PPT, .PPTX, .RTF, .XLS, .XLXS
• docReader languages: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish

webReader:

• New webReader extension expands audio access into areas that were previously unsupported
• Text to Speech with Simultaneous Highlighting - Reads the content of web pages within the Brightspace environment aloud. The words and sentences being read are highlighted in separate colors, making it easy to read along as you listen.
• Translation - Translate selected text into over 50+ languages and have the text read in the target language
• Settings - Personalize reading speed, highlight colors, and more.
• Dictionary -  Provides definitions of selected words.
• Click & Listen - Click on a paragraph of text to have read aloud.
• Text Mode - View a clutter-free version of the web content with text in your preferred font, size, and colors.
• Text Selection - Select text and click the listen icon that appears.
• Page Mask - Shades screen with horizontal bar for improved reading focus.
• Enlarge Text - Text being read is displayed at the bottom of the page in large font size.
• MP3 Download - Download an audio version of your content for offline listening.
• 100% cloud-based 

Language Support: 

webReader user interface languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

webReader Translation tool supports: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

ReadSpeaker for Brightspace can be integrated with Brightspace Learning Environment 10.3 and above.