Using Sounds Tutorial - Kurzweil Educational Systems

Part 2: Adding Sound to a Page
Adding Synthesized Speech to a
Page
It can be useful for a user to hear a message each time
a page is displayed. For the purposes of this tutorial,
you will create a message using the IntelliPics Studio
synthesized speech feature. (Note: It is also possible
to record a spoken message using a microphone.)
1. Select Page Properties from the Pages menu or
press [Ctrl] while clicking the page’s
background. The Page Properties dialog box
displays.
2. Click the Page Sounds tab to display the Page
Sounds section of the Page Properties dialog box.
Notice that the Page Sounds section includes:
• Play button – click to hear selected sound or text
read aloud.
• Synthesized Speech radio button – click to use
synthesized speech feature.
• Synthesized Speech text box – enter text to be
read aloud.
(Note: There are other options available that are
not relevant for this procedure.)
3. Select the Synthesized Speech option.
4. Type the desired message into the text entry box.
Type the sentence: You hear synthesized
speech when this page displays (non-bold)
5. Click Play. The words you typed will be read
aloud according to the voice and pronunciation
options that are selected in the Speech menu.
6. Click OK to close this dialog box.
7. To hear a page sound, this page (page #2) must
be reactivated, as page sounds play when the
page is first displayed. Click Next Page and then
Previous Page to return to Page #2. The text
message you entered is read aloud.
8. Save your work and, if you are continuing with
this tutorial, click Next Page to explore another
sound feature.
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