Using the text-to-speech and language translation tools in Imagine MyPath

 Note

This article applies to the following products:

  • Imagine MyPath Math
  • Imagine MyPath Reading
  • Imagine Purpose

Students can use Text-to-Speech and Language Translation to access lesson content and reduce language barriers in Imagine MyPath and Imagine Purpose.

 Note

An educator must turn on Text-to-Speech and Language Translation in a student's profile before the student can use them. Educators must turn on the tools separately for MyPath Reading, MyPath Math, and Imagine Purpose. See Viewing, editing, and deleting student accounts.

Using the language tools

Students can find Text-to-Speech in the bottom-left corner and Language Translation in the top-right corner of the screen.

In Grades K–5, some problems are automatically read aloud. When available, students can use Audio Support hear the current problem again.

To replay audio instructions (Grades K–5 only):

Some problems include a speaker icon in the top-left corner of the page. Click the icon to hear the current problem read aloud.
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To use Text-to-Speech:

Click the Play button in the bottom-left corner to hear all text on the page, or highlight text first to hear only the selected text.
MyPath lesson with the Play button highlighted in the bottom-left corner.

To use Language Translation:

  1. Click the globe icon in the top-right corner of the screen to open the Language Translation menu.
    MyPath lesson with the Language Translation globe icon highlighted in the top-right corner.
  2. Select a language to translate the onscreen text, or click More to view additional available languages.
    MyPath Language Translation menu showing language options and the More option.

 Note

Once a student chooses a language, onscreen text stays translated whenever they return to the same product. Students must choose a language again after a learning-path update or at the start of a new school year.

 Tip

Encourage students to use Language Translation when they are unsure about a term or phrase.

Available languages

Students can translate onscreen text into the languages below. An asterisk (*) marks languages that also support Text-to-Speech.

View available languages
  • Amharic
  • Arabic*
  • Armenian*
  • Bengali*
  • Bosnian
  • Chinese (Mandarin)*
  • Croatian*
  • Czech*
  • Danish*
  • Dutch*
  • Estonian
  • Filipino*
  • Finnish*
  • French*
  • German*
  • Greek*
  • Gujarati
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hebrew*
  • Hindi*
  • Hmong
  • Hungarian*
  • Indonesian*
  • Italian*
  • Japanese*
  • Javanese
  • Kazakh
  • Korean*
  • Kurdish
  • Lao
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian*
  • Malayalam
  • Maori
  • Marathi
  • Nepali
  • Norwegian*
  • Pashto
  • Persian/Farsi*
  • Polish*
  • Portuguese*
  • Punjabi*
  • Romanian*
  • Russian*
  • Samoan
  • Serbian*
  • Shona
  • Sinhala
  • Slovak*
  • Slovenian
  • Somali
  • Spanish*
  • Swahili
  • Swedish*
  • Tamil
  • Telugu*
  • Thai*
  • Turkish*
  • Ukrainian*
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese*
  • Yoruba