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Text reader
<html>
<head>
<title>Text Reader</title>
<style type="text/css">
h1 {text-align: center;}
p.text {display: none;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 class="read">The text will be read here</h1>
<p><a href="#" onclick="start();">Start</a></p>
<p><a href="#" onclick="stop();">Stop</a></p>
<!-- Enter the text that you want read in between the two `p` tags -->
<p class="text">We will read this text word by word</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
var text=document.getElementsByClassName('text').item().innerHTML;
var el=document.getElementsByClassName('read').item();
var split=text.split(' ');
var interval;
var step=0;
// adjust this value to alter the reading speed, lower is faster
var time=1000; // miliseconds
var started=false;
function stop(){
if (!started) return;
clearInterval(interval);
el.innerHTML='Reading ended';
started=false;
}
function start(){
if (started) return;
started=true;
step=0;
interval=setInterval(function(){
el.innerHTML=split[step];
step++;
if (step>split.length) stop();
},time);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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