Read Aloud options
The Read Aloud tool is the third tool down on the left-side toolbar. Once clicked, you'll see five different options.
Previous and Next sentence
Loop (will repeat the selected sentence/word on loop)
Play Page, Pause, and Stop
Speed option (changes the reading speed of the speaker)
Getting started
Once you've selected embedded text on the document, it will begin reading from the first word until you click Pause or Stop.
You can also use the Play Page option (3) if you'd like the entire page read out loud.
Using Read Aloud inside a Textbox
The Read Aloud option can be found in the action bar for the Textbox annotation tool (shown below in the orange square).
Using Read Aloud area select
We have a new feature for the Read Aloud tool that allows you to select an area, and it will read aloud the context of the area you selected.
If it is text, then it will just read what you selected.
If it is an image, it will try to figure out the context of the image and then put it in words. Once it's in words, it reads the words aloud.
Read Aloud settings page
The Read aloud settings page you have a few new features.
You can select from a range of voice options and favourite them to show up in the quick select section.
The quick select section will have all of your favourited voices listed, click on the one you want to use, you should see in brackets (Using now). You can also preview the voice by clicking the play button on the voice option.
You can Adjust the speed and pitch of the read aloud tool here.
✏️ Some things to note
Not all the voices allow you to change the speed and pitch.
If you don't see a voice in your quick select you might have not favourited it, go through the list again to favourite your voices you want to use.
Favourites
You now also have a list of favourited voices which you can find in your quick select menu when you click to change the voices in the Read Aloud tool:
✏️ How do I add favourites?
To add your favourite read aloud voices select the settings menu shown in the screenshot above and simply select the voices from the dropdown available. For more information look at this section here
If you need further assistance, don't hesitate to get in touch with us at support@kamiapp.com or book some training with one of our Teacher Success Champions here: https://www.kamiapp.com/training