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Demonstrate the broad variety of use cases for text to speech and its increased deployment, especially in mobile devices. Connect this to the need for people with different disabilities, and emphasize the face they people rely on this technology. Also highlight the complementary benefits, for example for people wanting to listen rather than and people with low literacy. Emphasize that this is mostly a matter of proper coding and include some examples of what that means. Reiterate that such proper coding benefits many users.
| Sequence | Time | Elapsed Time | Narration | Visuals | Audio Description |
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| 1 | 0:08 | 0:08 | NO NARRATION | TEXT ON SCREEN A man sits at a desk, listening intently to something or someone we cannot see…On the screen, we see “Having to read everything can be limiting – especially in terms of audience “ |
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| 2 | 0:10 | 0:18 | Having to read everything can be limiting. That’s why today some people use automated readers – applications that turn the text into speech they can listen to. | Man sat at an office desk listening intently to audio – pull back to reveal it’s from a computer – you can see sections of text highlighted as they are spoken. | |
| 3 | 0:06 | 0:24 | It’s technology that many people with visual disabilities have been relying on for years | Pull out of previous shot to reveal white cane and dark glasses in the room | |
| 4 | 0:07 | 0:31 | But it’s also a very useful tool for people with dyslexia or low literacy, who have difficulty reading text | Cut to person without visible disability with headphones on, using text to speech on a tablet with word highlighting | |
| 5 | 0:03 | 0:34 | As well as some people who just like to multi-task | Cut to a mum listening to a magazine article as she does the washing | |
| 6 | 0:05 | 0:39 | But for text to speech users to enjoy these websites they have to be properly coded | Show person from earlier with headphones on trying to use text to speech on a website and it not working, so closing the website | |
| 7 | 0:06 | 0:45 | which has the added benefit of helping search engines index website contents better! | Continue above | |
| 8 | 0:14 | 0:59 | Thanks to automated readers more people than ever have access to more of the web than ever before – proper coding can improve that even further. Visit w3.org/WAI for more tips and information |
Blind person from earlier listening to website (email) on their mobile phone with earplugs while they wait for a bus |