SEL Self-Assessment Text-to-Speech
- Mary DelPiano
User Story
As a student user taking the SEL Self-Assessment, I want a text-to-speech function so that I can have the questions and answer choices read aloud to me.
UI
The user clicks the SEL assessment to open the assessment.
Upon opening the assessment, the student user will have the question read aloud to them if the auto-narrate checkbox is selected in Self-Assessment settings.
The user will click the text-to-speech button to have the question read aloud again.
The user selects an answer choice and the text is read aloud to them.
The text is read aloud to the user each time the user clicks on an answer choice.
The user clicks to change the language on the assessment to Spanish.
The text is read aloud to the user is Spanish.
The user clicks the text-to-speech button to have the question read aloud in Spanish again.
The user selects an answer choice and the Spanish text is read aloud to them.
The text is read aloud to the user each time the user clicks on an answer choice.
Acceptance Criteria
Given an assessment question and I have selected the checkbox in Self-Assessment settings for auto-narrate, when I land on a new question card, the question should be converted into speech and played through the device’s speakers or headphones.
Given an assessment question, when I click on the text-to-speech button, the question should be converted into speech and played through the device’s speakers or headphones.
The text-to-speech function should have a clear and distinct visual indicator, such as an icon or button, to signify its availability and distinguish it from other interface elements.
The text-to-speech button will be located in the top right corner of the question card.
The text-to-speech button will read the question aloud to the user.
Given a multiple choice question, when I click on the answer choice, each answer choice should be converted into speech and played clearly.
All questions in the SEL Self-Assessment are multiple choice with the options in this order:
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly Agree
The text-to-speech function should maintain clarity and accurate pronunciation of text, ensuring that it can be easily understood.
The text-to-speech functionality should be available for both the questions and the answer choices throughout the assessment, providing consistent support for the user.
The default text-to-speech language will be English to match the default language for the question and answer choices.
When I change the language to Spanish, the question will be converted into speech in the Spanish language and played through the device’s speakers or headphones.
Given I am a user who wants to listen to the question with Spanish speech again, I will click on the TSS button.
Given I am a user who changes the language to English, the question will be converted into speech in the English language and played through the device’s speakers or headphones.
Given I am a user who wants to listen to the question with English speech again, I will click on the TSS button.
User Story
As a user, I want to be able to manage the self-assessment voiceover settings so that I can select a preferred text-to-speech voice and choose auto-narrate options.
UI
The user opens the Student Center.
The user clicks the profile icon and selects Self-Assessment Voiceover Settings.
The Self-Assessment Voiceover Settings modal opens.
The user can choose to select the checkbox next to “Automatically narrate Self-Assessment”
This applies to both English and Spanish languages.
The user clicks the Text-to-Speech button (volume icon) to preview the voice.
The user selects the preferred voice.
The user clicks Save to save changes.
The user clicks Cancel to return to the settings before changes were made.
The user clicks Spanish to switch the language to Spanish for the voiceover.
The user clicks the Text-to-Speech button (volume icon) to preview the voice.
The user selects the preferred voice.
The user clicks Save to save changes.
The user clicks Cancel to return to the settings before changes were made.
Acceptance Criteria
Given I am a user with the SEL/SEL Product, I will have access to and see the Self-Assessment Voiceover Settings in the Student Center.
Given I am a user who clicks the profile icon in the Student Center and I have the SEL/SEL Product, I will see the Self-Assessment Voiceover Settings selection option in the dropdown.
Given I am a user who clicks the Self-Assessment Voiceover Settings, the Self-Assessment Voiceover Settings modal will open.
Given I am a user who opens the Self-Assessment Voiceover Settings modal, I will see the checkbox for Automatically narrate self-assessment deselected by default.
Given I am a user who selects the checkbox Automatically narrate self-assessment, I will have the question text in the self-assessment automatically read aloud when I land on each new question card.
Given I am a user who does not select the checkbox Automatically narrate self-assessment, I will not have the question text in the self-assessment automatically read aloud when I land on each new question card.
Given I am a user who wants to preview a voice, I will click on the volume/audio button to listen to the voice preview.
The voice preview for each voice option will be: "The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax. Of cabbages and kings"
We will have the first voice selected by default for both the English language and Spanish language options.
The default voices are:
English > Jenny (Female, United States)
Spanish > Nuria (Female, Mexico)
For each voice option, we will show the default name according to the voice gallery, the gender, and the country. (NAME, GENDER, COUNTRY).
Given I am a user who has not opened the Self-Assessment Voiceover Settings modal, the first voice option in both the English and Spanish languages will be selected as the text-to-speech audio for the student self-assessment.
Given I am a user who clicks Save button, all changes that were made will be saved.
Given I am a user who click Cancel button, the modal will return to the state it was in before changes were made.
The Self-Assessment Voiceover Settings will only be applicable to the (SEL) Student Self-Assessment.