Description
The SiteSpeaker text-to-speech widget is embedded into your posts and give users an alternate way to consume your content as audio.
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Installation
- Sign up for a free SiteSpeaker account.
- After signup, login to the customer dashboard and add your website domain(s).
- Click on ‘Get Code’ in the dashboard and note down your API key.
- Install the SiteSpeaker plugin through the WordPress plugins store.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘SiteSpeaker Settings’ menu in WordPress.
FAQ
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What is Text to Speech(TTS) technology?
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Text to Speech technology reads aloud digital text—the words on computers, smartphones and tablets. TTS helps people with learning disabilities improve their reading comprehension.
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How does SiteSpeaker work?
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The SiteSpeaker widget appears at the top your posts as a button labeled “Listen to this article”. When clicked, the button is replaced by an audio player that plays back the synthesized speech of your article content.
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How is SiteSpeaker sold?
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SiteSpeaker provides a free plan for customers with small websites and low traffic. Beyond a level of usage, you will be asked to upgrade to a Pay-As-You-Go plan, which is billed based on the number of listens per month.
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Is SiteSpeaker billed on the domain or account level?
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A SiteSpeaker account can have any number of domains. Billing is based on the cumulative number of listens per month for that account.
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Where can SiteSpeaker be purchased?
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SiteSpeaker can be purchased globally in any country using a credit card.
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How do your website’s users use it? Do my users have to download anything?
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Users of SiteSpeakers simply click on the play button of our website widget to use SiteSpeaker.
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Do users need to download anything to use SiteSpeaker.
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Users do not download anything to use SiteSpeaker.
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Which devices and browsers support SiteSpeaker?
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SiteSpeaker supports all device types including desktop, mobile, and tablet devices.
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Does SiteSpeaker work on HTTPS and password protected websites?
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SiteSpeaker works in HTTPS and password protected environments.
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What CMS’s do SiteSpeaker support?
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SiteSpeaker supports all CMS’s and has a direct plugin with WordPress.
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What languages do SiteSpeaker support?
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SiteSpeaker currently supports 25+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Chinese Mandarin, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and Arabic.
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SiteSpeaker collects the URL of the article listened to, time of day, device type(desktop/mobile), OS, and GEO.
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Do users have to signup/login to SiteSpeaker to use it?
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Users do not need to signup or login to use SiteSpeaker.
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SiteSpeaker recommends websites to place the widget on the top of articles or in a visible place above the fold in the content.
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Does SiteSpeaker sell my website’s user data?
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SiteSpeaker doesn’t sell website user data.
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Does SiteSpeaker support native mobile apps?
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SiteSpeaker does not support native mobile apps at this time.
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Does SiteSpeaker support DOCs and PDFs?
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SiteSpeaker does not support DOCs or PDFs at this time.
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Can I cancel?
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SiteSpeaker can be cancelled anytime.
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Contributors & Developers
“SiteSpeaker TTS Plugin” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
0.5
- Beta release.