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Text to speech - How to use and adding voices and languages

Add voices and languages:

Text to speech works for the questions in the exam, as well as for the text written by the student.

In the new app, text to speech currently does not work on web pages or other media links included in the exam. We are working on adding support for this in the future.

NOTE! If a student  uses headphones (wired or wireless), these need to be connected before the exam starts for it to work during the exam.

 



In the top left corner next to the settings icon you will see a speaking figure (Figure 1). If you press this icon while you have text marked, it will then be read out loud. Text to speech is also possible on PDF documents and websites.

 

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Figure 1


The standard voice is English when you start Digiexam, but you can change this in settings. With Windows and Mac/iPad you have access to following languages: *English, French, German, Spanish.
(*Official support on Chromebook is only for English, additional languages are not tested due to lack of support from Chromebook)

 
 
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Figure 2
 
It is also possible to get a slower voice by pulling the slider towards the tortoise, and faster if you pull it towards the hare. You can also have the text read out loud when pressing [Alt] + [A] when you have text selected, so you don't always need to press the speaking figure every time. To use another voice or language, select the one you want and then press Save.

 
 

Add voices and languages

Mac

1. Open System Preferences, by clicking on the System Preferences TTS__3_.pngin the Dock or by Apple menu > System Preferences.

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2. Open Accessibility.

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3. Then select Speech. 

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4. Select the System Voice pop-up menu and choose Customize....

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5. Select the checkboxes of the voices you would like to add. To find a voice, enter its name, country, or language in the search field. To sample a voice, select it and click play. When you have chosen the voices you want to download press OK. The voices appear in the menu when the download is complete.

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Next time you start Digiexam you can use these new voices and languages. (*English dialects won't work in Digiexam. Ex: Indian English, Australian, Welsh, etc.)
 


Windows

Link to guide: Add voices and languages.

In order to download other voices, please follow the guide below.

  1. Open this link.
  2. Click on Download.
  3. Select the correct version:
    • x64 (64-bit) – recommended for most modern computers.
    • x86 (32-bit) – only for older 32-bit systems.
  4. Click Next to download the file.
  5. Run the file and complete the installation (this component is required for additional voices to work in Digiexam.)

You can then choose which languages and voices you want to download:

  1. Open this link.
  2. Click Download.
  3. Select the voices/languages you want to install.
    • Important: choose files named MSSpeech_TTS (not MSSpeech_SR).
  4. Download and run the installation files.

When you have downloaded the files, run them and install. Next time you start Digiexam, the voices and languages can be used.



 
 

Chromebook

English is the only officially tested language, additional voices can be installed from Googles administrative console if you're using a centrally managed device.

 
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