A child who is visually impaired can have the text enlarged or can listen to stories while turning pages. The development of alternative access methods has paralleled the evolution in electronic storybooks in general, and new techniques to overcome access issues are constantly becoming available. Considerations when selecting computerized storybooks By considering the range of software now available, it is possible to select products which support the many learning styles of children and accommodate a variety of abilities. The quality of speech will varying depending on the speech capability or synthesizer that the software utilizes. Most story books on more recent Macintosh or MS-DOS models use the speech capability that is built into the computer itself.
Some story books integrate additional sound effects and music into the stories.
Some story books allow the user to control some or all of these features. Others include graphics that can be animated by clicking on them. For example, when a child clicks on a dog, it may bark and wag its tail. Some story books allow students to manipulate and re-configure graphics, or add written words to graphics. It depends on the child and the purpose of the task itself.