Text-to-Speech turns written content into audio, letting users listen instead of read. Whether you're multitasking, commuting, or simply prefer audio, TTS makes engaging with content easier and more flexible.
Note: This feature is only available for Content and Survey activity templates, and works across both mobile and web apps.
Benefits of using text-to-speech
Supports Multitasking - Allows users to consume content while commuting, exercising, or performing other tasks.
Reduces Screen Fatigue - Offers an alternative to screen-based reading, giving users a break from prolonged screen time.
Improves Accessibility- Helps users with visual impairments, dyslexia, or other reading difficulties access content more easily
Encourages Inclusive Design - Aligns with accessibility best practices (e.g., WCAG), making your app more inclusive and user-friendly
How it works
Once enabled, the Listen button will appear at the top of every page in the activity on both mobile and web app.
Tap the Listen button to enable the audio controller.
Use the audio controller to play, pause, or skip through the content
Audio can be paused anytime and it will resume from the same sentence once audio is resumed by pressing “play”.
Pressing "skip" will move to the next available content block, excluding any external media or image files
Pressing “stop” will reset the playback to the start of the page.
How to enable Text-to-Speech
Enable Text to Speech in Settings
Step 1. Go to Settings in Cogniss Creator
Step 2. Scroll down to the Text-to-speech section
Step 3. Toggle on Use text-to-speech
Step 4. Choose one of the activation options:
“Activate for all” enables Text to Speech feature on all activities that support text-to-speech feature.
Selecting "Activate manually" will require the app creator to enable text-to speech by navigating to desired Activity setting page and enable from there.
Step 5. Save Changes
How to enable Text to Speech for Individual Activities
Step 1. From the Content tab, navigate to the activity where the Text-to-Speech feature should be enabled
Text-to-speech will only appear on activities with the Content and Survey template.
Step 2. Scroll down and click on the checkbox next to Activate Text-to-speech
Step 3. Save Changes
Notes
Only visible text is read aloud - content hidden by logic or settings won’t be included.
The voice varies depending on the browser or device settings (e.g. Chrome may use a male voice).
Works seamlessly across web and mobile platforms.