Here are step-by-step instructions for you to follow based on how you are accessing our courses.
On Your iPhone or iPad
Built-In Options
For iPhone / iOS users, there is a built-in accessibility feature that can read any PDF aloud for you.
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Read & Speak.
Turn on “Speak Screen.” Now you can swipe down with two fingers to have your screen contents read aloud to you.
Then, you can access your purchased courses through the My Courses tab inside of your account.
Click on the course you would like to access. You will be taken to the Syllabus page, where you can click on the first part of your course “Read the Course”.
Look for the button towards the bottom of the page to “View Course in Full Screen”.
With the course opened in full screen, swipe down with two fingers to have the course read aloud.
Third-Party Apps
If you would prefer to use a separate app, there are a few options that can generate audio for you:
Once downloaded, you will need to open up our website inside of the Edge app. Simply open the app and visit our website again.
From there, you can access your purchased courses through the My Courses tab inside of your account.
Click on the course you would like to access. You will be taken to the Syllabus page, where you can click on the first part of your course “Read the Course”.
When viewing the course, if you scroll down the page there is a button to “View The Course in Full Screen”. Click on that button to open up the course in a new tab.
With the course in full screen, you should see some buttons across the top of the screen for various tools. Look for the one that looks like the letter “A” with some sound waves coming off of it. This is the button to have the course read aloud for you. Click on that button.
Next, you can access your purchased courses through the My Courses tab inside of your account.
Click on the course you would like to access. You will be taken to the Syllabus page, where you can click on the first part of your course “Read the Course”.
When you can see the course PDF, look in the top right corner of that window for a Download button (it looks like an downward arrow pointing towards a line).
Once you have downloaded the PDF, open the Adobe Acrobat app.
You should see an option to open a file. Click on that & select the PDF you have downloaded.
Once the PDF is open in Acrobat, you can click the three dots in the top right corner to open the menu & click on the “Read Aloud” option to start playing.