How to enable and access TextAid from your Blackboard site

This article provides instructions on how enable and access TextAid from within your Blackboard site.

Step 1: To enable TextAid you must first log into your Blackboard site https://learn.scu.edu.au

Step 2: Enter a learning site then click on Blackboard Tools / TextAid

Step 3: Let the page load.  If you have not used the page before, please agree to the terms and conditions

Once the page loads, it will look like this:

Different functions of TextAid include:

• Converting an image to text
• Speech to text with the dictation tool
• Reading off the internet
• Creating audio files
• Spell checking
• Personal Library
• Organising Folders
• Changing personal settings
• Literacy support tools
• Using annotations
• Translation tools