Spoken Content

How to Make iPhone Speak Text, Screen, and Typing Feedback

 

Enabling Text-to-Speech

• VoiceOver: If VoiceOver is turned off, you can still have iPhone speak selected text or the entire screen.
• Settings: To adjust speech settings, go to Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content.

Speak Selection

• To hear selected text, click the Speak button.

Speak Screen

• To hear the entire screen, swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen.

Speech Controller

• To access Speak Screen and Speak on Touch quickly, use the speech controller.

Highlight Content

• iPhone can highlight words or sentences as they’re spoken. You can change the highlight color and style in settings.

Typing Feedback

• You can set typing feedback for the on-screen and external keyboards, including character, word, correction, capitalization, and prediction speaking.
• To hear typing predictions, turn on Predictive in Settings > General > Keyboards.

Voices & Speaking Rate

• Choose a voice and dialect in settings.
• Adjust the speaking rate with the slider.

Pronunciations

• Set custom pronunciations for specific phrases in settings.

Using Siri

• To hear the screen with Siri, say “Speak screen”.

Hearing Text, Screen, and Typing Feedback

• Hear Selected Text: Select text, then click Speak.
• Hear Entire Screen: Swipe down with two fingers, use the controls to pause or adjust rate.
• Hear Typing Feedback: Start typing, touch and hold each word to hear typing predictions (when turned on).