[Athen] Reading app for Android

[Eckelberry, Robin]

I tried using Voice Aloud Reader when I first started 5 years ago, and it would extract all the text from a PDF file into a simple text version. So, it was difficult to navigate compared to the book, especially if there were multiple columns. That was 5 years ago, though.

Natural Reader is okay. It gives 20 min of high-quality voices a day before the standard quality voices.
Another option is to turn on the Android TTS within the accessibility settings.
Voice Dream Reader used to be good, but the developer stopped offering it for Android a year or two ago, unfortunately.


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Just as a follow up, here is an app I found when I did a little Googling. Has anybody used this app? It sounds promising.

Voice Aloud Reader
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hyperionics.avar


Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist - Student Accessibility & Support Services

Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Ave. - Suite # 3384 - Kansas City, KS 66112
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Subject: [Athen] Reading app for Android

Hello all,

I have a student with Dyslexia who needs to be able to read books on his Android phone. He needs TTS for sure and would like to have highlighting if possible. Do you have any recommendations for this?

Thanks.


Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist - Student Accessibility & Support Services

Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Ave. - Suite # 3384 - Kansas City, KS 66112
O 913-288-7671 | F 913-288-7678
rbeach at kckcc.edu<mailto:rbeach at kckcc.edu>



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