Sensory Writeable includes a simple to use word processor style text entry window, with powerful built in text to speech settings. These speech functions can help with reading and writing support when using Writeable


Writeable Speech Settings Panel



1. Voice choice - Writeable will offer a wide range of text to speech voices choices. Select the pull down to browse the options which will depend on your type of computer


2. Rate is the speed of speaking of the text to speech voice. Number 1 represents the default speech settings, but you can increase and reduce speaking speed using the slider.


3. Volume - you can change the volume of the text to speech voice, independently of the computer audio volume setting, using the slider.


4. Silent Mode allows you to stop Writeable using any text to speech if quiet is required.


5. Cursors Speak - using the 4 cursor keys on your keyboard, you can control the text to speech as follows.


    • Down or up arrow - speaks the whole line of text.
    • Right or left cursor - speaks the next or previous letter
    • CTRL+ right or left cursor speaks the next or previous word


6. Key Echo - when selected, key echo will speak each keyboard character as typed into Writeable. This is only effective when typing is slow


7. Word Echo - when selected, word echo will speak each word typed into Writeable. The speech starts when the space bar is pressed.


8. CTRL+Move to Speak - when selected, to start a word, line or block speaking, you need to tap the CTRL Key.


If CTRL+Move is not selected in settings, then any word, line or block will be spoken automatically as the mouse moves over it. You choose word, line or block speech mode from the main Writeable toolbar(image below)


9. Use Underline - when selected, each spoken word will be underline-highlighted using the Readable tracking method. This happens if you press the Play button to start continuous speech, or use the hover method.


10. Underline - choose the colour of the spoken word underline-highlight, from the large palette.