Many of our articles -- journal, magazine, and newspaper -- have a Text to Speech feature that will read the article aloud to you.
Some of these Text to Speech players allow the file to be downloaded as well.
Look for the webplayer when accessing the HTML full-text of your article to listen to and/or download the audio. Examples of where to locate the webplayer in our databases are below.
Start your search in Page1+ (our library catalogue). Enter your search terms.
In the results, select the Available Online filter (along with any other filters that are relevant to your search).
Once you have found your article, click on the Available Online link in the results.
Under View Online, select a database to access the article.
Note: Not all articles will have a Text to Speech feature. If available, select an EBSCO, Gale, ProQuest or Taylor & Francis database to view your article.
Please see below for instructions on how to locate the webplayer for the database you have accessed.
Click the Play button to hear audio of the text.
Click on the menu to access the different options available, including the Download mp3 button.
Click on the Listen icon to open the Text to Speech player.
Click on the Download icon to download the mp3 file.
Click on the Play button to start listening to the article.
To download the mp3 file, click on the arrow below:
And in the new window, click on the 3 dots and select Download to download the mp3 file.
Click play to hear the audio of the text.
Click on the menu to access the different options available, including the Download mp3 button.
Audio by Centennial College Libraries is licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license unless otherwise stated.
