Do you need to learn the lines of plays and want to do so in an active, dynamic way? Are you an auditory learner looking for a simple and effective way to learn? Magical Readings allows for controlled readback of literary works: plays, poems, etc.
There is currently a wide range of voice commands you can use. Go to www.magical-readings.com for a full description and list of commands and a list of the plays available, and to see a sample session.
Literary works on this system include a number of well-known Shakespearean plays: - Romeo and Juliet - Macbeth - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Hamlet - The Merchant of Venice - Twelfth Night - Much Ado About Nothing - Taming of the Shrew - Othello - The Tempest - Julius Caesar - King Lear - As You Like It - Antony And Cleopatra
For a full list of commands and detailed explanations, go to www.magical-readings.com/instructions.html.
Voice commands: - Alexa: open Magical Readings - Select play named Much Ado About Nothing - Go to Act 1, Scene 2 - Read 10 lines - Go to line 6 - Read lines numbered 3 to 5 - Reset work - Set speech rate: faster / slower / maximum / minimum / normal - Read: all lines / current line / next line / previous line - Choose current character (choosing specific character) - Read my next lines (read only lines of chosen character) - What is the current work name? - What is the current line number? - Read play structure - Save session - Retrieve session - Wait - Again / Continue - Speak: only character lines / all lines - List all plays - Help others are available.
For a sample session, go to www.magical-readings.com/sample-session.html
For supporting texts. go to https://github.com/magical-readings/works
Magical Readings is an Alexa skill (voice-driven application) and has the following requirements: - an Amazon Echo device (Echo Dot, Amazon Echo, Echo Plus, Echo Spot, Echo Show) - this device logged into an Amazon account and connected to the internet - this skill enabled into the device The Echo device has internal microphones and speakers.
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