Text-to-Speech on iPad

[Glatium]

I rather read than to listen! is excruciating

[SuperGolfing1]

can it read books purchased at amazon

[vaughan4746]

can you use text to speech for kindle on the ipad 2

[gryphondwb]

@vaughan4746 no. kindle blocks Accessibility in iOS. I think they're contractually bound to do that, unfortunately.

[gryphondwb]

@aphixe This is true. It also can't be a logo design that is illustrated using vector artwork with no ASCII characters associated to it. It's reasonably common sense. The feature is really meant to help the disabled.

[TheCameoAfro1]

can it read internet files/pages/? like wiki?

[gryphondwb]

@TheCameoAfro1 Yep. And even better in the next OS update in September.

[gryphondwb]

@TheCameoAfro1 Yep. Internet web pages, and PDF files. And even better in the next OS update in September.

[lorieorie11]

KINDLE IS BETTER! and cheaper!

[joe0507lefty]

@lorieorie11 KINDLE CAN'T PLAY GAMES OR BROWSE THE WEB

[gryphondwb]

@Xarnia Don't know why it's not working for you.

@noformstyle iBooks can open PDF files and it will read these to you if you like... and turn the pages too. Problem is it reads any footers too.

[noformstyle]

Can it read PDF Files???

[gryphondwb]

@noformstyle Yes.

[aphixe]

@gryphondwb the pdf has to have pure text, and not a scanned image of text for it to speak it back

[Xarnius]

i do the exact same thing and all I get is a little pop noise. It doesn't even surround the touched text with an outline.. Did they change something in an update? Stanza kind of works but stops, and does flip pages :(

[gryphondwb]

Hi mountain view, just tap where you want it to start reading then swipe downwards using two fingers. That's it! Use three finger swipes to page up and down.

[marcussoori]

Sweet...just need a more natural voice!