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Reading Software for Students in Higher Education

Provide engaging, inclusive content for student success

Our text-to-speech reading software for students promotes engagement, helping universities and their students succeed.

  • Attract and retain students
  • Provide online resources
  • Support course completion
  • Respect Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Enhanced Learning Experiences

Student Success

Attract and retain students, increase engagement, and help learners complete their course.

Accessibility and Digital Inclusion

Reading, writing, and study tools provide an audio-enhanced learning experience, meeting accessibility requirements and supporting diverse learners.

Reading software that creates instant audio for…

...courses, PDF, e-books, math equations, web research, training materials, quizzes, assignments, and more. Discover all the features of our text-to-speech software and SaaS solutions, which are compatible with all devices and available in multiple formats.

Learn how Wayland Baptist University professor Dr. Trish Trifilo uses text to speech to support Universal Design for Learning.
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See how students and educators are using Text to Speech

Easy access to voice support reduces screen burnout with changeable settings

Safe, locally stored data meets legal data requirements

Educator and administrator support

Do students do better using Text to Speech?

See How ReadSpeaker Helps Students Succeed

“If it’s not easy and intuitive, students won’t find it and use it. I think that is why you have seen such a large number of students starting to use it as they are finding it on their own. I mean, it says “listen.” How much easier can you get? The general record, play, and pause icons make it intuitive to other technology that people may have used.”

Eric Turner Mt San Antonio College

No downloads, and access to voice 

  • In The Classroom
  • At Home
  • On Any Device

“ReadSpeaker allowed Lumina Foundation to enable our entire website text with speech in a matter of minutes. Implementation of the software was simple thanks to ReadSpeaker’s clearly written documentation and support staff. The natural vocal delivery was a pleasant surprise. Readspeaker’s linguists even worked with my staff to perfect some difficult-to-pronounce proper names on our site. I couldn’t be happier with the product or the service we received.”

Juan Kiko Suarez Vice President of External Affairs, Lumina Foundation

Quickly and easily integrate read-aloud capability across all platforms and content

Speech enable all coursework on the LMS LMS Solutions
Provide personal reading, writing, and studying tools to individuals TextAid

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ReadSpeaker has been bringing text to speech to education for over 20 years. Contact us to learn more about how audio can help your students and your organization succeed.

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“MyEducator offers text to speech for more than 40 courses in subjects including Accounting and Finance, Business Law, Human Resources, Marketing and Sales, and Organizational Behavior, and is available to more than 50,000 students at over 40 universities in 33 different countries.”

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Let ReadSpeaker VoiceLab create a voice as unique as your learning environment

Looking for a specific dialect, voice style, or institutional branding? ReadSpeaker’s digital voice design team can develop a unique voice for your needs.

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There are many grants awarded for assistive technology and accessibility support. Our text-to-speech technology often qualifies for grants such as Perkins, Adult Education and Literary, TRIO–Upward Bound Education, and Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program, just to name a few.

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FAQs About Accessible Reading Software for Students at the University Level

Simply put, accessible software are computer programs that are used to assist those with disabilities, whether physical or in learning, in accessing content and as a support in their daily lives.

Types of assistive technologies include screen readers, speech recognition software, magnifiers and page masks, visual settings and color schemes, narration and speech-enabled tools.

We need accessibility in education in order to allow each individual to develop to his or her full potential.

Most disabilities are not related to mental acuity and if these barriers (such as decoding challenges, visual impairment, limited focus, etc) are removed the individual will flourish.

This is especially important to allow students to remain at peer level in all subjects in their studies.

If students do not remain engaged in the content they are studying they will not retain it, and therefore cannot build on it to create solid foundations of knowledge.

Learning disabilities, such as ADHD, hinder often extremely bright individuals who eventually are left behind as they struggle to remain engaged in their school work.

Providing accessibility software for individuals with learning challenges and those learning in a second language has many benefits, including improved reading comprehension, vocabulary, fluency and assessment results.

With students accustomed to different ways of learning, text to speech is now being used by all types of learners, whether those learning in a second language, those needing to consume a large quantity of content, adults needing to multitask, or the many other individual scenarios students experience.

Text to speech and bimodal presentation are facets of UDL, providing a number of flexible ways to meet the needs of a diverse population of individual learners, giving all students an equal opportunity to learn and succeed.

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Learning Management Systems

Text to speech available directly within the learning environment.

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ReadSpeaker TextAid

Literacy support for struggling readers.

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Assessments

Level the playing field for all students by instantly creating an audio version of assessments and assignments.

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Integrations

ReadSpeaker text-to-speech technology can be quickly, easily, and cost-efficiently integrated into any type of content, reading text out loud in dozens of languages. Our speech-enhanced tools serve all types of students, from kindergarten to higher and continuing education.