[Athen] Text to Speech products recommended?

[Stager, Catherine]

Capti has a module that does OCR… depends upon how your account is set up.
Capti is pretty flexible overall with extensions, apps and use on the website options.
Everyone using it needs an account, but it lets you sign in with Google, Apple ID etc…
I’m not really a fan of how it does tts within d2l, or on the web in general. It pulls the text out and reads from a separate mini-app that highlights only the actual word it is saying. The reading box can use different fonts etc.  Capti relys on the default computer voice unless you get their Premium voices which are not part of their premium account.

ReadSpeaker Doc reader was implemented in our D2L – some students report this stuttering or stopping since we moved to a CCC wide (Colorado Community College wide) version of D2L this year.  It still is very useful and apx 78 % of our students have used it, but I offer students other Chrome extensions in case of ReadSpeaker not working the way they like.

Best regards,
Cath

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Does it have a screenshot reader?


On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 11:36 AM Jeremy Zhe-Heimerman <Jeremy.Zhe-Heimerman at cortland.edu<mailto:Jeremy.Zhe-Heimerman at cortland.edu>> wrote:
We began using Capti Voice this semester after many years with R&W and I’ve been very impressed.


  *   No need for students to install stand-alone desktop software
  *   Comes with two high quality voices
  *   Great integration with Bookshare and OneDrive and can also share files directly into a student’s library.
  *   Chrome/Edge browser extension is working well
  *   Good mobile apps available, unlike R&W
  *   Can create a secure environment for exams
  *   Easy to add users
  *   Cost savings over competitors
  *   Support has been responsive

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We are still using Read and Write, but we downgraded from the site license since no one else but disability services students was using it.  This version does allow you to manage licenses on your end.

Robert


On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 11:04 AM Kevin Price <Kevin.Price at ucf.edu<mailto:Kevin.Price at ucf.edu>> wrote:
Hi,
We are reevaluating our Text to Speech solution (highlighting, speech, etc.)  that we support on our campus for those using e-text reading (not screen reading we have JAWS for that).  We are considering our current solution, Read & Write, but also looking into Kurzweil 3000 and Natural Reader.  We are looking towards free software we can give out or software licensing where we can manage the licenses on our end such as Kurzweil 3000.  Any feedback would be appreciated in helping us make a decision on what solution has worked best for your campus.
Thank you,
Kevin
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