A new feature for Google to help those with reading difficulties

The new voices that Google has decided to add to Chromebook tablets are aimed at making audible texts more fluid.

The US technology and internet services giant has announced that more "human voices" have been added to the "choose to speak" feature on Google's Chromebook tablets.

The "Select to Speak" feature allows Chromebook users to hear specific texts on the device's screen audibly. The new voices that Google decided to add to the device are aimed at making the audible texts more flexible and easier. These voices are currently available in different dialects in 25 languages, with Google planning to add more languages ​​and voices.

The website cnet.com, which specializes in car topics, noted that reading text from a tablet screen can be difficult for people with reading difficulties and people who are learning a new language.

The site added that Google developed the new feature by working with people with reading difficulties, as well as educators who specialize in dealing with reading difficulties.

Google said that by adding "natural sounds to the feature, such as the local dialect used by the owner of the device, it becomes easier to follow the text displayed and selected on the screen."

It is noteworthy that the Chromebook is a personal computer that runs Google Chrome as a primary operating system, and these devices are designed to be used while connected to the Internet and support applications on the Internet, instead of traditional applications such as Microsoft Office and Photoshop on the same device.

The Chromebook is one of the most important examples of a thin client computer, and the first Chromebooks were announced for sale at a Google conference in May 2011, by Acer and Samsung, and shipping began on June 15, 2011, then Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard and Google itself entered the market in In early 2013, in addition to laptop prototypes, a desktop version, called Chromebox, was introduced in May 2012.

Chromebooks have evolved a lot since Google launched them in 2011, and they are no longer just browser-based computers.

Chromebooks can now run Linux and Android applications together, and they come with specifications that fit their tasks and are stronger than in the past.

The success of the devices also prompted many manufacturers and companies to offer their models of Chrome devices, which contributed to the increase in their spread and acquisition by many.