How to enable Text-to-Speech (read aloud)

With Text-to-Speech enabled, directions can be read aloud in most Practice topics, in prompts and passages for both Quick Writes and Guided Drafts, and in student writing while working on a Guided Draft.

Currently, just over 55% of NoRedInk topics have this feature available, and we are working on adding more.

Teachers now have the ability to enable or disable text-to-speech support for any student in their class(es)!

How to turn Text-to-Speech on

There are two ways to turn Text-to-Speech on for a student.

Manage Classes page

1. Select the audio icon associated with any student on the class list.

The icon is greyed out when disabled and will turn blue when enabled.

Edit Student modal

1. On the Manage Class page, select the gear icon next to the student's name.
2. In the drop-down, select Edit Student.
3. On the Edit Student modal, toggle the Enable text-to-speech option.
4. Once toggled on, select Save changes.

Once Text-to-Speech is enabled, small text-to-speech controls (Play, Pause, Stop) will display for each student with text-to-speech enabled.

Note: Students can adjust their text-to-speech setting in their Account Settings, on the Site Preferences tab. Any change made by a student overrides whatever the current state of text-to-speech support might be.