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Text-to-Speech

Text-To-Speech feature is available for several interfaces including, but not limited to, EBSCOhost, Literary Reference Source,  and History Reference Source.

Text-To-Speech

To use Text-To-Speech:

  1. Locate an EBSCOhost article in HTML format which you would like read to you.

  2. From the Accent drop-down menu, select an accent in which you would like the article to be read.

    Text-to-Speech - Choose an Accent

  3. Click the Settings icon to set your Reading Speed and Highlighting Options.

    Text-to-Speech - Settings

  4. Click the Listen button to hear the article read outloud.

    -OR-

    Click the Download button to download an MP3 file of the article being read to your computer.

Use Text-To-Speech to Hear a Section of an Article

You may also choose to have only a section of an article read to you.

Text-to-Speech - highlighting text

Highlight the passage of text you would like to be read outloud. A new mini-toolbar appears. Click the Listen button on the mini-toolbar.

Downloading Text-to-Speech MP3s

You may also download audio files of HTML articles being read aloud to your computer in MP3 format.

To download Text-to-Speech MP3 files:

  1. On the Text-to-Speech toolbar, click the Download button.

    Text-to-Speech - Downloading an MP3

  2. Select to Open or Save the file to your computer.

    Text-to-Speech - Downloading an MP3

  3. If saving the file, browse to a location in the Save As dialog box and click Save.

    The MP3 file is saved to your computer.

From EBSCO Support.http://support.ebsco.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=4814

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