-
-
a picture of our text to speech converter website
Inspiration
While researching disabilities, we found that dyslexia was a very common learning disability. After looking deeper into the needs of people with this condition, we decided to implement a text to speech machine that would allow dyslexic individuals to clarify phrases, sentences, or words that may have served as an obstacle in their learning.
What it does
Takes in a piece of text and reads it back to the user with proper pronunciation in English.
How we built it
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, QOOM
Challenges we ran into
We struggled with implementing the Google Cloud Text to Speech API to make our website functional. Therefore, we switched paths, looking into Javascript APIs that served the same purpose and landing on Speech Synthesis.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We successfully completed a functional project at our first hackathon in languages that we've never used before.
What we learned
Javascript, HTML, CSS, QOOM
What's next for accessAbility
Next, we will be adding more language features and a document reading function to this project, as well as improving the design.
Log in or sign up for Devpost to join the conversation.