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Using the Read Aloud Tool

How to best support your students using this simple yet powerful tool.

Updated over a week ago

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.

  1. Previous and Next sentence

  2. Loop (will repeat the selected sentence/word on loop)

  3. Play Page, Pause, and Stop

  4. 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.

  1. You can select from a range of voice options and favourite them to show up in the quick select section.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.


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

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