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iPad Text to Speech

  • Launch the Settings app.
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  • Tap on Accessibility on the left hand side.
  • Then tap on Spoken Content on the right hand side.
spoken content
  • Toggle Speak Selection and Speak Screen so that they are green.
  • You can change various settings for the highlight color, etc.
  • You can also adjust the speaking rate of speech by sliding the item with the turle and rabbit icon.
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  • Tap on Highlight Content.
  • Toggle Highlight Content so that it’s green.This will highlight items that are read out loud.
  • You can change various settings for the highlight color, etc.
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Now that the settings have been changed, please follow the below to use the text to speech feature on the iPad.

  • Go to an app that you want. In this example, we’ll use the Safari app.
  • Tap and hold on text that you’d like to convert to speech. Tap and drag one of the circles to cover all of the items that you’d like to convert to speech.
  • In the pop up window that appears, tap on Speak.
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  • You will see the words that are converted to speech be highlighted as it’s read.
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  • You can also do something called “speak screen” where the iPad reads aloud everything on the screen. To do that:
  • Go to the screen that you’d like read aloud.
  • Put 2 fingers at the top of the screen and swipe down. Then a media bar appears for you to play, go back, etc. The iPad will read aloud everything on the screen.
  • If the media bar disappears, you can tap on the right arrow to expand it.
  • To close this feature, tap on the X on the media nar.
speak screen