Boost Your Reading with Text to Speech
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Objective
I can use text to speech to increase reading skills.
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Key concepts
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Text-to-speech, often shortened to TTS, is an assistive technology that reads digital text aloud, turning written words into spoken words.
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For students who struggle with decoding words, text-to-speech helps them hear the correct pronunciation and focus on understanding the meaning of the text.
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Using text-to-speech can improve reading comprehension by helping your brain focus on ideas, and it can also improve reading fluency over time.
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Practice
3 questions
In your own words, explain what text-to-speech (TTS) technology does.
How can using text-to-speech help a student improve their reading comprehension, especially when they encounter complex sentences or new vocabulary?
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Exit ticket
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“According to the reading passage, describe two specific ways that using text-to-speech technology can help students improve their reading skills.”
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