Text to Speech (TTS) in Inspera Assessment is an accessibility tool that allows candidates to listen to test content as audio.
This article describes how Planners can enable Text to Speech for candidates, explains the candidate's user experience including activation and usage, and outlines important notes and limitations of the feature.
This feature requires activation. Please contact the Service Desk to activate it for your Inspera Assessment tenancy.
Understanding Text to Speech
Text to Speech is a reading and writing aid designed to help candidates who may have dyslexia or other forms of reading and writing difficulties. It converts text content into audio, allowing candidates to hear the test questions and information read aloud.
- Supported languages can be found here.
- If Text to Speech is enabled on a test, it will be made available to all candidates taking that test.
Enable Text to Speech
Planners can enable Text to Speech within the test settings.
- Go to the test setup in Deliver.
- Under Options go to Exam Day.
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Enable the setting Text to Speech reading aid.
Candidate experience
Candidates are notified if Text to Speech is enabled for their test. However, it is not turned on by default for the candidate; they must manually activate it.
- This is how candidates activates Text to Speech:
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Once the test is open, the candidate must click the Options menu.
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In the Options menu, the candidate selects Text to Speech.
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The candidate can then choose whether to turn Text to Speech on or off.
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- Once Text to Speech is activated by the candidate:
- The candidate selects the specific text they want to be read aloud.
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They then touch or click the Play sound icon that appears next to the selected text.
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The text will be read aloud in the language the candidate has chosen for their user interface within Inspera Assessment.
Important Notes
- PDF Panel: Text to Speech is not available for text content located within a PDF panel on a test.
- Inline Choice Alternatives: When using Text to Speech on questions with Inline Choice, all alternatives within the dropdown list will be read aloud sequentially.