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Most devices and internet browsers can read the words on any website out loud. This is called text to speech.
Devices include computers, laptops, tablets and smart phones.
Popular internet browsers include Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox. There are many other internet browsers.
You can use text to speech to get your computer to read the information on Our Health Space out loud. You can use it on other websites, too.
It can help make online information more If something is accessible, it means that everyone can use and understand something. For example: Accessibility makes things fair for people with a disability. , which means easier to use. This can make things fairer for people with intellectual disability.
Different browsers and devices have different ways to turn on text to speech. Below we explain steps you can take to listen to a website read out loud.
If the steps are too hard, ask a support worker, family member or carer to help.
Search online for steps to turn on text to speech
Search online for steps to turn on text to speech
Open your internet browser.
Search for “text to speech” and the name of your browser or device.
There will be videos and articles that explain what to do. Look for information written by:
- the browser or device, like if you use Google Chrome look for information written by Google
- people and organisations that you trust, like a disability support organisation.
Follow the steps.
How to turn on text to speech in popular internet browsers
How to turn on text to speech in popular internet browsers
Click on the links below to get steps that turn on text to speech in:
- Google Chrome, which calls text to speech Reading Mode
- Microsoft Edge, which calls text to speech Immersive Reader.
Learn how add-ons can help you listen to websites
Learn how add-ons can help you listen to websites
For other internet browsers, you may need to download an “add-on” to hear website text read out loud.
An add-on is like an app for your internet browser. It gives your browser extra features. Add-ons are sometimes called extensions or plugins.
For example, if you use the browser Mozilla Firefox, you must download an add-on to use text to speech.
To choose a good add-on, look at the star rating, which is a score out of 5. People who have used the add-on can give it a rating, from 1 to 5 stars. The more stars the add-on has, the more people who have used it like it.
You should also check how many people have rated the add-on. If lots of people have rated it, and given it a high score out of 5, it might be helpful to use.
This resource was made by
National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health
The National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health (the Centre) works to improve health services and the health system so people with intellectual disability can live their best, healthiest lives.
The Centre was funded by the Australian Government. It is part of the National Roadmap for Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disability.
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