Has anyone used a program or app like speechify to turn books like the player's handbook into audiobooks? My son is autistic and has trouble translating words from the page, but gets anything he hears so I was thinking about making the handbook into an audiobook for him.
I'm not sure the reference book structure the D&D rulebooks use would work well as an audio book. Maybe just use a simple text-to-speech browser extension to read out the relevant sections? I'm sure there's a free extension that does that
Has anyone used a program or app like speechify to turn books like the player's handbook into audiobooks? My son is autistic and has trouble translating words from the page, but gets anything he hears so I was thinking about making the handbook into an audiobook for him.
Most computers, phones, and tablets have excellent Accessibility features built right in to the OS these days. They will read any text on the screen. Ideally documents are properly formatted so a computer can parse it correctly.
Look into the control panel for his device, or do a search, and you'll find the instructions you need. It's a great trick and it's not just for people who are fully blind - it's great for someone who wants to listen for any reason. One of my secret tricks is to have it read back my own writing to me, and I also like it for particularly technical documents at the end of a long day, when I'm having trouble reading slowly and thoroughly. The text-to-speech tools also give you controls that can be helpful for working around chunks like statblocks.
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Has anyone used a program or app like speechify to turn books like the player's handbook into audiobooks? My son is autistic and has trouble translating words from the page, but gets anything he hears so I was thinking about making the handbook into an audiobook for him.
I'm not sure the reference book structure the D&D rulebooks use would work well as an audio book. Maybe just use a simple text-to-speech browser extension to read out the relevant sections? I'm sure there's a free extension that does that
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Most computers, phones, and tablets have excellent Accessibility features built right in to the OS these days. They will read any text on the screen. Ideally documents are properly formatted so a computer can parse it correctly.
Look into the control panel for his device, or do a search, and you'll find the instructions you need. It's a great trick and it's not just for people who are fully blind - it's great for someone who wants to listen for any reason. One of my secret tricks is to have it read back my own writing to me, and I also like it for particularly technical documents at the end of a long day, when I'm having trouble reading slowly and thoroughly. The text-to-speech tools also give you controls that can be helpful for working around chunks like statblocks.