Keywords: Dictation, Chromebook, Accessibility Aliases: Google, Talk and Type Summary:  This article will walk you through navigating to the settings of your chromebook and where to find and enable dictation. Type Text with Your Voice You can speak to enter text in most places where you usually type. You can even add common punctuation marks by saying "comma," "period," "question mark," "exclamation mark," or "exclamation point." At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s. Select Settings . At the bottom, select Advanced. In the "Accessibility" section, select Manage accessibility features. Under "Keyboard and text input," turn on Enable dictation (speak to type). Tap or select where you want to type. Select Speak or press Search + d. Looks like this on the toolbar Say what you want to type. From https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/177893#typewithvoice.

Keywords: Read Aloud, Chromebook, Accessibility Aliases: Text-to-speech, Google Summary: This article will show you how to enable read aloud on your chromebook by navigating to the settings and enabling it. Listen to part of a page To select specific text on a page to be read to you, turn on Select-to-speak. Listen to all text To have pages read aloud to you, turn on your Chromebook’s built-in screen reader: At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s. Select Settings   Accessibility. Under "Text-to-Speech," turn on ChromeVox. Tip: When you press Ctrl + Alt + z, you can turn ChromeVox on or off from any page. Learn how to use the built-in screen reader. Listen to part of a page To select specific text on a page to be read to you, turn on Select-to-speak. Step 1: Turn on Select-to-speak At the bottom right, select the time. Or press Alt + Shift + s. Select Settings   Accessibility. Under "Text-to-Speech," turn on Select-to-speak. Tip: Learn how to change the language, voice, and volume for text read aloud. Step 2: Select & hear text Important: Depending on your keyboard, you can press the Search key  or the Launcher key  for some shortcuts. Both keys work the same. Option 1 Press and hold the Search key . Drag the pointer over an area of text. Option 2 Highlight the text to be read. Press the Search key + s. Option 3 At the bottom right, near the time, select Select-to-Speak . Drag the pointer over an area of text. Tip: If you’re on a touchscreen, tap a line of text or drag your finger over an area of the screen. Your Chromebook reads the section aloud and each word is highlighted. To stop Select-to-Speak while it’s reading, press Ctrl or the Search key . You can also select Stop . Tip: With navigation controls, you can pause and play, adjust speed, and skip lines of text.

Keywords: Voice Typing, Google, Docs, Accessibility Aliases: Dictation Summary:  This guide will walk you through enabling Voice Typing in docs by going into the tools menu and enabling it. Voice Typing: Start voice typing in a document Check that your microphone works. Open a document in Google Docs with a Chrome browser. Click Tools  Voice typing. A microphone box appears. When you're ready to speak, click the microphone. Speak clearly, at a normal volume and pace (see below for more information on using punctuation). When you're done, click the microphone again.

Keywords: Chromebook, Magnifier Aliases: Zoom Summary: Explains how to turn off fullscreen magnifier on a chromebook. To turn off/on the fullscreen magnifier, press Ctrl + Search 🔍+ m.  You're all done.