Geoduck Resource Guide

Many of our databases and e-book platforms conform to accessibility standards. For read aloud functionality, e-books can be read aloud with a screen reader on ProQuest, with a built-in player on EBSCO, and with the Immersive Reader on Microsoft Edge for PDFs. Specific accessibility tools and tips for our major platforms are listed below. If you need help navigating accessibility in library resources or you are unable to read an e-book aloud with your preferred accessibility tool, please reach out to us via email at libraryhelp@evergreen.edu.

Read Aloud in the Database

Some of the library's databases allow you to read articles aloud within the platform itself. To locate this tool, you must first click on the article in your results list. Then, find the audio player or Listen link on the toolbar. Examples of read aloud buttons from EBSCO and NewsBank are below. Note: this may only be available for text-based, HTML content (text that is directly in a website browser instead of in a PDF document).

Read Aloud with Text-to-Speech Tools

There are free text-to-speech readers available online.  We recommend:

Immersive Reader for Microsoft Office programs and Edge browser: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/educator-center/product-guides/immersive-reader/

Text to Speech in Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accessibility/answer/9032490?hl=en-GB

TTS Reader: ttsreader.com

Natural Reader: naturalreaders.com

Closed Captions

All our streaming media platforms (except Movie Discovery) have closed captioning available. Look for the CC button or menu on the bottom-right of the video player to turn captions on or off. We recommend you turn on captions for all films screened in the classroom.

Full Transcripts

Academic Video Online, Films on Demand, and Kanopy all have full transcripts available for all films. You can search, translate, or download the transcripts as well.

Audio Description

There are three platforms that have streaming videos readily available with audio description: Kanopy, Films on Demand, and Alexander Street. If you need audio description on another title, reach out to us at libraryhelp@evergreen.edu, and we will work with vendors to find a solution.

To access audio description on Kanopy:

1. Go to the Kanopy platform.

2. Search "audio description" with quotation marks.

Note: Titles with audio description will display as have two episodes in the film player. One is the video with AD, the other is the video without AD.

To access audio description on Films on Demand:

1. Go to the Films on Demand platform.

2. Click "Advanced Search" to the right of the search box.

3. Select "Videos" under Search Options (the very last drop-down menu)

4. Under Advanced Filters, select the checkbox next to "Only show videos with audio description"

To access audio description on Alexander Street:

1. Go to the Alexander Street platform.

2. Search "with audio description" with quotation marks