< Scripts for Showcase Examples with Videos
| Sequence | Narration | Visuals | Audio Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | [INTRO MUSIC] | [TITLE] Web Accessibility Perspectives - Text to Speech | [before narration:] Web accessibility perspectives |
| 1 | [TEXT TO SPEECH VOICE] Some people can't see text on the screen. |
A man sitting on a sofa using a laptop computer. | |
| [TEXT TO SPEECH VOICE] Fortunately computers can convert text to speech. |
[TEXT ON SCREEN WITH WORD-HIGHLIGHTING] Fortunately computers can convert text to speech. |
[after narration (and after text-to-speech finishes):] A man is using a laptop with the text on the screen being highlighted as it is spoken. | |
| 2 | [Regular narration] It’s technology that many people who are blind have been relying on for years. |
The man is using text to speech. Pull out to reveal a service dog next to him. We realize the man using the computer is blind. | [after narration:] A service dog is next to the man; he may be blind. |
| 3 | But it’s also important for many people with dyslexia... | Cut to a woman without visible disability with headphones on, using text to speech on a tablet. | [after narration:] A woman is reading on a tablet screen and listening with headphones. |
| 4 | ...and very useful for people with difficulty reading text. | We see someone take off their glasses and sit comfortably, listening to a news article on a tablet being read to them. | [after narration:] A man removes his glasses and listens to a news article on a tablet. |
| 5 | As well as some people who just like to multi-task. | Cut to a person listening to a magazine article as they do the washing. | [after narration:] A man listens to a magazine article as they do the washing. |
| 6 | But for this to work, websites and apps have to be properly coded. | Show the woman from earlier with headphones on trying to use text to speech on a website and it is not working. | [after narration:] A website is not properly working for the woman with headphones; she is frustrated. |
| 7 | Which has the added benefit of helping search engines index website contents better! | Continue above. | [after narration:] The man with service dog is using his mobile device outside with bone conduction headphones. |
| 8 | Web accessibility: essential for some, useful for all. (with text to speech audible in the background) | Different people from earlier using their devices and listening. | [after narration:] Different people from earlier are shown using text to speech. |
| 9 | Visit w3.org/WAI/perspectives for more information on text to speech. | [WEB ADDRESS (w3.org/WAI/perspectives); W3C AND WAI LOGOS; COPYRIGHT NOTICE] | W3C Web Accessibility Initiative, copyright 2016 |