Monday, November 15, 2021

Chromebook Accessibility: Hear text read aloud

Accessibility: Hear text read aloud
You can hear full pages read aloud with Chromebook’s built-in screen reader or hear parts of a page read aloud with Select-to-Speak. This feature is especially helpful for those learning to read.

To have pages read aloud to you:

  1. On your Chromebook, at the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s

  2. Select Settings (gear icon).

  3. On the left, select Advanced > Accessibility > Manage accessibility features.

  4. To listen to all text - Under “Text-to-Speech,” turn on Enable ChromeVox (spoken feedback).
    To listen to part of a page - Under “Text-to-Speech,” turn on Enable select-to-speak.


Be sure to also check out other Chromebook accessibility features!