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.
I can't remember what it was called, but there used to be a program that would read and highlight words in set sections the user selected, and would stop when that section was completed. It was used in the "Disabled student Program" at the college i went to, or i think it was, as the person who had was in that program. She would still need my help locating the sections of the page so I saw it function, but it wasn't on any of my devices and if i asked what it was called, I don't remember the answer. It was really neat, and was programed for multiple languages. Hers were English, Hebrew, and Arabic, but it would only read text in those languages and not translate between them.
I want to say, "Dream Reader" but something tells me that isn't right.
Now most devices have Accessibility options that will do similar things, if you can figure out how to turn them on and off when needed. That part can be a pain, as they keep moving the settings around.
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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.
Thank you so much for your response. I have looked into it and you were correct on how to access it. Thanks again.
I can't remember what it was called, but there used to be a program that would read and highlight words in set sections the user selected, and would stop when that section was completed. It was used in the "Disabled student Program" at the college i went to, or i think it was, as the person who had was in that program.
She would still need my help locating the sections of the page so I saw it function, but it wasn't on any of my devices and if i asked what it was called, I don't remember the answer.
It was really neat, and was programed for multiple languages. Hers were English, Hebrew, and Arabic, but it would only read text in those languages and not translate between them.
I want to say, "Dream Reader" but something tells me that isn't right.
Now most devices have Accessibility options that will do similar things, if you can figure out how to turn them on and off when needed. That part can be a pain, as they keep moving the settings around.
He/Him. Loooooooooong time Player.
The Dark days of the THAC0 system are behind us.
"Hope is a fire that burns in us all If only an ember, awaiting your call
To rise up in triumph should we all unite
The spark for change is yours to ignite."
Kalandra - The State of the World