Convert PDF to Audio
Published: Jun 20, 2007Texthelp has developed software that allows Adobe PDF documents to be converted to an audio format, has been launched in the US and will be launched in Europe next month. The program, called ‘Lexiflow,’ works with Adobe Acrobat PDF documents, converting them to speech, and can be used on both Windows and Macintosh platforms.
Texthelp’s Lexiflow program is for people with specific learning difficulties and dyslexia supports many other users with dexterity difficulties, English as a second language and general literacy issues. The program is a set of tools that works with Adobe Acrobat to convert publisher’s textbooks and other instructional materials saved in PDF format to an electronic “talking Flash” presentation. This new format enables schools to more easily provide the publishers’ learning materials and to ensure that they are accessible by all students on both Macintosh and Windows platforms.
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The student experience involves viewing an exact representation of the original book with supporting highlighted text-to-speech using the highest quality voices. In addition to talking Flash technology, Lexiflow also provides an output format that complies with the US Department of Education’s National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). NIMAS is the emerging standard that guides the production and electronic distribution of digital versions of textbooks and other instructional materials so they can be more easily converted into accessible formats for students, such as Braille.
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