Accessible Course Materials
Convert course readings and handouts with a text layer into MP3 with captions, triaged and costed for a disability-services team's deadlines.
Step-by-step guide
How to Use Accessible Course Materials
Start for free — no credit card, no software to install.
Check the source has a text layer
Before promising a turnaround, confirm the reading is TXT, DOCX or a text-based PDF — a scan is rejected outright and needs re-keying first.
Batch by course and week
Group readings by the week they're due so nothing gets generated after the deadline it was requested for.
Generate MP3 with captions
Produce the audio and its SRT caption file together, matched to the same script the student was assigned.
Track cost against the semester
At roughly one point per second, estimate a course's total reading time in advance so a semester's requests fit your plan's allowance.
Why creators choose this tool
Accessible Course Materials — Features & Capabilities
Everything you need to create professional voiceovers — in one tool.
Turnaround-aware workflow
Generate one reading at a time as requests come in, or a batch ahead of term, without a minimum order size.
No OCR, checked up front
A scanned handout is rejected rather than silently mis-read, so triage happens before a deadline is promised, not after.
Captions matched to the script
Every file ships with an SRT caption track built from the same word timing as the audio.
Predictable per-reading cost
Roughly one point per second means a ten-page reading's cost can be estimated before it's generated.
Use cases
What Can You Create with Accessible Course Materials?
From TikTok to podcasts — here's where creators use this tool most.
Individual student accommodations
Turn one assigned reading into audio against a specific deadline for a specific student's accommodation plan.
Reading list conversion at scale
Work through a whole module's reading list ahead of the term rather than one request at a time, where the source files allow it.
Handouts and slide transcripts
Convert lecture handouts or slide transcripts distributed in class into an audio version alongside the printed copy.
Cross-department requests
Serve requests from multiple departments through one account and voice library rather than a separate tool per faculty.
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About this tool
Everything you need to know about Accessible Course Materials
A disability-services team converting course materials works against a deadline tied to one student and one class, not a general archive — a reading needs to exist as audio before the week it's assigned, or it's late. Upload the reading, handout or slide transcript as TXT, DOCX or a text-layer PDF, generate an MP3 with synced captions, and repeat for each request across a semester's reading list. A scanned handout has no text layer and will be rejected outright, so requests are triaged by whether the source file can be read at all before a turnaround time is promised.
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FAQ
Accessible Course Materials — FAQ
Common questions users ask about the Accessible Course Materials voice. If you need additional help, please contact us via the contact form or email us at support@vocallab.ai.
Can a scanned handout be converted directly?
No, there is no OCR and a scanned file is rejected. It needs a real text layer, so a scan has to be re-keyed or sourced from the publisher's text file first.
Does producing this audio meet our accessibility obligations?
That's your institution's assessment of the whole accommodation, not a claim this tool makes. It generates the audio file; what a specific standard requires beyond that is yours to determine.
How do we estimate turnaround for a semester's reading list?
Cost runs at roughly one point per second of finished audio, so multiply expected reading time by that rate to see whether a term's requests fit your plan's allowance before term starts.
Can requests from different courses share one account?
Yes, one account and voice library can serve requests across departments and courses.
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