Find and Use eBooks : Accessibility
eBooks and Accessibility
JAWS (Job Access With Speech)
- Compatible with Adobe Digital Editions
- Compatible with web-based eBook viewers
- Level of support can vary, depending on the ebook vendor and device used
Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF files
- Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded free from https://get.adobe.com/reader/
- Install and then open the PDF in Adobe Reader
- Select the View menu, then Read Out Loud to activate
- Select View, then Read Out Loud again to start playback.
- To configure options such as voice, pitch, speed, open Edit , then Preferences, then Reading
NVDA Screen Reader
- A free and highly configurable text-to-speech program. Download it free from http://www.nvaccess.org/download/