March 22, 2024, 8:38 a.m.

My pocket computer reads me books

Text-to-speech on iOS

rinsemiddlebliss

Hi friends,

I made an amazing discovery! I figured out how to use assistive text-to-speech to have my iPhone read books out loud to me. Let me tell you about it, and show you how you can try it yourself.

My pocket computer reads me books: Text-to-speech on iOS

My past experience with screen readers was not great. They would read every single thing on the page including UI text, and they would just read that page. Not ideal when you're trying to cut some onions while listening to a book! It turns out, time has passed and the assistive options are way better now.

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Thanks for reading and see you on the internet!

AK

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