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The steps needed to use the read aloud and translate options depend on the type of resource: Interactive or PDF.
How to Use the Read Aloud and Translate Features Within Resources
The steps needed to use the read aloud and translate options depend on the type of resource: Interactive or PDF.
Updated August 20th, 2024
Interactive Resources: Read Aloud
To have the entire page read aloud, select Read Aloud from the right toolbar, then press Listen in the menu on the top left.
To have select text read aloud, highlight the text you want read aloud by clicking and dragging over the text with your mouse. You can notice Listen and Translate options displayed in the pop-up menu. Then select Listen / Read Aloud from the pop-up menu.
Click on Listen / Read Aloud and you can notice the highlighted text read aloud.
After the text is read aloud, ReadSpeaker automatically closes.
Interactive Resources: Translate
To have text translated within Interactive Resources, highlight the text you want translated by clicking and dragging your mouse over the text. Then select Translate from the pop-up menu and you'll receive a list of languages.
Once you select a language, a pop-up will appear with the selected text translated with the ability to have the text read aloud in the selected language.
PDF Resources: Read Aloud
To have the entire text read aloud, use the Listen button located in the top toolbar.
To have select text read aloud, highlight the text you want read aloud by clicking and dragging over the text with your mouse. Then select Listen from the pop-up menu.
PDF Resources: Translate
Select the text you want translated by clicking and dragging your mouse over the text.
Then select Translate from the pop-up menu and a list of languages will appear.
After selecting a language, a pop-up will appear with the selected text translated.
To have the translated text read aloud, select the play button on the top left of the pop-up.
To have the main features and buttons of the Gallopade Online Platform translated, use the Google Translate feature located at the top right of the screen.
Instructions to use this feature, can be found here: How Do I Use the Google Translate Feature Within the Platform?