With Spoken Content,
you can have your iPhone or iPad
speak selected text
or the whole screen
and give you feedback and
text corrections as you type.
We'll walk you through
how to use Speak Selection,
Speak Screen
with the Speech Controller,
and how to customize
your Spoken Content settings.
Let's get started!
First, go to Settings,
then Accessibility,
then Spoken Content.
Speak Selection will read aloud
text you select in apps,
like Notes, Mail, Books,
Safari, and more.
When you turn on
Speak Selection,
the Highlight Content option
will appear.
This will highlight words,
sentences, or both
as they're read aloud.
Here's what Speak Selection
looks like in action.
Just select the text...
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...then tap Speak.
VoiceOver: One of the key
factors to creating a superbloom
is a change
in precipitation patterns.
What makes the...
Voiceover: Your iPhone
or iPad can also speak
the entire screen.
To do this, turn on Speak Screen
in the Spoken Content settings.
After you turn it on,
you can swipe down from the top
with two fingers to read.
Or you can ask Siri
to read the screen.
For quick access
to the Speak Screen controls,
tap Speech Controller,
then tap to turn it on.
The first time
the Speech Controller appears,
it will be
in the upper-left corner,
but you can move it
wherever you like.
To see the controls,
tap the arrow.
To hear all text on the screen,
press the play button.
VoiceOver: Hey, Candace.
Last year, Toby and I
took a road trip
to visit his parents
in Lakeland Village.
Voiceover: You can also
pause Speak Screen,
skip ahead, skip backward,
and change the speaking rate.
To start Speak on Touch,
tap the finger icon.
Then, tap or drag
anywhere on the screen
to hear the text
under your finger.
VoiceOver: "Superbloom"
isn't a scientific term,
but there's no better way
to describe this phenomenon.
Deserts and canyons...
Voiceover: You can also
customize
how you use Spoken Content
in the Spoken Content settings.
Here are a few ways.
With Typing Feedback,
your iPhone or iPad
can speak each character,
entire words, auto-corrections,
auto-capitalizations,
and typing predictions.
You can also choose voices
in different languages
or accents to download.
Change the speaking rate
by dragging the slider
and customize pronunciations for
tricky words like place names.
And that's Spoken Content.
Now you can try it out in Notes,
Books, News, Mail,
Safari, and more.
To learn more about
how to make the most
of your iPhone or iPad,
subscribe to
the Apple Support channel
or click another video
to keep watching.
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