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Listen to Articles and Books With Text-to-Speech

Text-to-speech can read websites, documents and messages out loud.

Step by step

  1. Find the setting.
  2. Choose a voice.
  3. Adjust speed.
  4. Try an article.
  5. Take eye breaks.

What to expect

Expect a free, built-in way to listen on most devices.

Mistakes to avoid

Do not forget breaks. Avoid listening at high volume.

A good next step

Try it with a favorite news article tonight.

A worked example

Someone with tired eyes opens a long news article on a phone and asks AI how to hear it. The steps: open accessibility settings, turn on spoken content, choose a voice and set the speed. Twenty minutes later they are listening while folding laundry and have changed the speed to a slower pace that suits them.

A prompt you can copy

Type this into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini

Explain how to turn on read-aloud for web pages on my [device], step by step.

Good to know. Accessibility settings are free and built in.

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Common questions

Does it cost money?

Built-in options are free.

Voices?

Several to choose from.

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