Can ibooks read aloud

Should you need to pause the reading, just select another piece of text even one word will do and tap on Pause from the menu that appears.

The short video below gives you an idea of how this all works. Sign up. Siri trick turns iBooks into audiobooks. Sande Sponsored Links. In this article: how-to , ibooks , iOS , iPad , iPhone , siri. With this setting enabled, you can swipe down with two fingers from the top edge of your screen and a voice will begin reading whatever text is on the screen.

A small control panel appears that lets you pause the speaking voice, skip slightly forward and back, and speed up or slow down the speaking rate. You can also ask Siri to start reading your iPhone out to you. Call up Siri by holding down the home button or by saying, "Hey, Siri" if you have this feature enabled and then give the command, "Speak screen.

In testing, the Speak Screen setting worked with both iBooks and Kindle apps. It began reading at the top of the current page and when it reached the end of the page, it turned to the next and kept reading. It also continued speaking with my iPhone locked with the screen off. It also worked with Safari, Chrome and the Google search app, but the every word on the screen gets read, from headlines and bylines to photo captions and time stamps.

The audio button is the read-aloud feature. Step 4. Tap on the read-aloud button and the narrator begins the reading of the book. The page-turning can be controlled defaults to automatic turning as the reader finishes reading a page. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

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