To use the ReadSpeaker TextAid Browser Extension, you must be logged in to TextAid. If you are not logged in to TextAid, you will get the following error:

Authorization issue: You must be logged into TextAid as a licensed user for this extension.

Because Columbia Basin College ReadSpeaker TextAid accounts are linked to Canvas, you cannot log in by using the TextAid login screen. If you attempt to log in this way, you will receive an error message.

Instead, you will log in to your CBC Canvas account and click on the TextAid icon on the Canvas Global Navigation Menu.

You will be brought to the TextAid home screen.

At this point, you are logged in.

Now, click the TextAid Browser Extension icon in your Internet browser.

The ReadSpeaker TextAid Browser Extension controls will open.

Finally, open the webpage for the online textbook you would like to read. ReadSpeaker can read aloud online textbooks that open in your Internet browser. Highlight text you would like ReadSpeaker TextAid to read aloud to you. Remember: The extension requires that you make a text selection to begin listening. Happy listening!

Screenshot of OpenStax Introduction to Sociology, 2nd edition, being read aloud by the ReadSpeaker TextAid Browser Extension