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This How.com.vn teaches you how to use your phone or tablet's text-to-speech engine to read aloud ebooks and other text files, using Android.
Steps
Setting Up the Text-to-Speech Engine
Open your Android's Settings. Find and tap theicon on your Home screen or Apps menu.
- You can also swipe down from the top of the screen to open a drop-down menu, and tap icon in the top-right corner to open Settings.
- You can also swipe down from the top of the screen to open a drop-down menu, and tap
Scroll down and tap Languages & input. This will open a new page with your Android's language settings.- Some Android versions may have the Languages and input option under the General management heading.
Tap Text-to-speech output under the Speech heading. It will open your text-to-speech settings on a new page.- On some Androids, this option may just be named Text-to-speech.
Select your preferred text-to-speech engine. Under the "Preferred engine" heading, tap the text-to-speech engine you want to use on your phone or tablet.- "Google Text-to-speech Engine" should be your default choice. If you have other engines set up here, you can tap on the engine's name to select it.
Move the "Speech rate" slider to your preferred level. Long-press and slide the slider to left or right to set your speech rate.- You can reset the speech rate anytime by tapping Reset speech rate below the speech rate slider.
Move the "Pitch" slider to your preferred level. Slide the Pitch slider to the left or right to have a higher or lower pitch.- You can reset the pitch anytime by tapping Reset pitch below the pitch slider.
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Using Text-to-Speech
Open Google Play Books on your Android. The Play Books icon looks like a blue triangle. You can find it on your Apps menu.- Not all e-readers are compatible with text-to-speech. A few good choices are Google Play Books, Moon+ Reader, and ezPDF Reader, all of which you can download from the Play Store.
Tap the Library button at the bottom. This will list all your available ebooks and text files.
Tap the file you want to convert to speech. This will open your text file in Play Books.
Tap the ⋮ button on the top-right. It will open a drop-down menu.
Tap Read aloud on the menu. This will start the text-to-speech engine, and start reading your text aloud. You may now listen to your text file.Advertisement
Expert Q&A
Tips
- How the document or ebook will be read aloud to you will differ depending on the reader app you're using. Usually, like in the case of Play Books, you open the ebook, and then go to the menu, where you will find a Read Aloud option.Thanks
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