Readspeaker - Using the Highlighter

This article shows you how to use the Highlighter tool and note gathering in Readspeaker.
*This knowledge base assumes that you have a document in your library.

Highlighting Text 

  1. In Readspeaker, clickHighlighter in the left hand pane.
  2. A color selection bar will appear to the right of the highlighter button. Choose the color of your highlighter.

    The Readspeaker interface. The Highlighter button is on the left hand side. A color selection pane is visible at the bottom of the screen.

  3. Click and drag across the text to highlight the text you wish to save.
The Readspeaker interface with text highlighted in blue.

Collecting highlighted notes

  1. Once you have highlighted the text you would like to organize from the document, click the hamburger icon (the 3 lines at the end of the toolbar).

    The color selection pane with the hamburger menu clicked. "Collect highlights" is selected in the pop up menu.

  2. Click Collect highlights from the drop-down menu.

    The "Collect highlights" window, showing drop down menus for "Collect Highlights From", "Sort highlights", and "Show Color Indicators".

  3. A pop-up menu will appear. Select from the options in the Collect highlights from, Sort highlights, and Show color indicators drop-down menus.
  4. Click Collect.

Keywords:
Readspeaker,highlighter,notes,collect 
Doc ID:
87503
Owned by:
Tyler T. in SWTC
Created:
2018-11-02
Updated:
2026-02-04
Sites:
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College