The Speech Display Bar (SDB) displays text that you enter or generate in the app. There are settings to change the size of the text, increase the number of lines of text, and add highlighting to text that appears in the SDB.
Enlarge Text Size in the SDB
Select Menu > Settings and scroll to the Speech Display Bar section.
Under Font Size, select a larger font size. Font sizes range from 14 Point to 72 Point.
Create a Tap Action to Enlarge Text
Select Menu > Settings and scroll to the Speech Display Bar section.
Under Tap Action, select Speak and Enlarge Text.
Select the SDB again to close the enlarged window.
Increase Number of Lines for Text in the SDB
Under Number of Lines, select the number of lines of text you want to appear in the SDB. The number of lines ranges from 1 Line to 10 Lines.
Note: If you try to select a font size and number of lines that together would make the SDB larger than the screen can accommodate, the font size will be adjusted down automatically to a value that allows the SDB to fill no more than 60% of the screen. For example, if you select 10 lines with a 72-point font, the font will be adjusted to a smaller size.
Highlight Spoken Words during Phone Calls/FaceTime
To help with literacy, the Highlight Spoken Word setting allows users to see the words highlighted in the SDB as they are spoken. When you select a color, words will be highlighted in that color one at a time in the SDB as they are spoken.
Notes:
The Highlight Spoken Word setting is only available with Apple voices.
Word highlighting is disabled when scanning prompts are spoken; but it is enabled when scanned button actions add text to the SDB.
Select Menu > Settings and scroll to the Speech Display Bar section.
Select Highlight Spoken Word. The setting “OFF” and a list of colors opens. OFF is the default setting.
Select a color.
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.As you select words from a page, they are highlighted one at a time in the SDB in the color you selected.
To change the highlight color, go to Menu > Settings, scroll to the Speech Display Bar section, select Highlight Spoken Word, select a different color, and select
.If you pause speech, the last spoken word will remain highlighted.
To turn highlighting off, go to Menu > Settings, scroll to the Speech Display Bar section, select Highlight Spoken Word, select OFF, and select
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Speak a Combination of Voices/Languages
For example, you could speak English, Spanish, and Canadian French in the same sentence.
Open an English vocabulary and enter a few words in the SDB.
Open a Spanish vocabulary and enter a few words in the SDB.
Open a French (Canada) vocabulary and enter a few words in the SDB
Select the SDB. The English, Spanish, and Canadian French words will be spoken. Words of the same language will flow like a sentence and there will be a slight pause between words of different languages.