How to read text aloud on iPhone

iPhone speak text out loud

The iPhone can read almost anything on the screen aloud. With Speak Screen, iOS will read a web page or book in the background, even while another app is being used. Reading controls are conveniently located in a pop-up Accessibility menu, which minimizes automatically.

To use Speak Screen to read text from the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, follow these steps on your Apple device:

  1. Navigate to Settings -> General
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  3. Tap Accessibility
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  5. Choose Speech
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  7. Toggle Speak Screen ON (green switch)
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  9. Open content to read in Safari, Books or another app
  10. Swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen (or tell Hey Siri to Speak Screen)
  11. iOS will begin reading all text on the screen
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  13. Use the controls to change reading speed, pause, skip forward or back
  14. Tap the X to dismiss