{"id":9690,"date":"2025-05-08T11:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/?p=9690"},"modified":"2025-05-07T09:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T13:24:47","slug":"assistive-technology-at-tools-text-to-speech-on-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2025\/05\/08\/assistive-technology-at-tools-text-to-speech-on-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Text-to-speech on mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This is part five of a series on Assistive Technology (AT) tools anyone can use directly on their devices\u2014no extra download required.<\/em>\u00a0<em>In case you missed it, the last post was<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2025\/03\/06\/assistive-technology-at-tools-text-to-speech-on-desktops-and-laptops\/\">Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Text-to-speech on desktops and laptops<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many platforms offer some version of text-to-speech (TTS) to enhance accessibility, productivity, and inclusion. Mobile text-to-speech tools allow you to take the audio version of the text with you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When people can engage with information in ways that work best for them, everyone benefits. Imagine\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You\u2019ve been reading from a screen much of the day. You are feeling some eye fatigue and having trouble concentrating, even noticing that common words look odd or are difficult to read.<\/li><li>You\u2019re out jogging, but you&#8217;d like to hear an article you have on your device while you jog.<\/li><li>You\u2019ve written an email that is potentially contentious and want a bit of a temperature check and tone check.<\/li><li>You\u2019ve written a paper and want proofreading help.<\/li><li>You\u2019re finding it difficult to concentrate on large blocks of text presented to you.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Mobile text-to-speech tools tools can help you if you\u2019re experiencing disability or want to increase productivity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Very important note:<\/strong>&nbsp;Text-to-speech tools are not screen readers. Screen readers are specifically designed for blind folks and allow you to take over your device with specific keystrokes while having all content read to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the instructions below based on your device and the software you\u2019re trying to have read to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cRead Aloud\u201d across mobile devices<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Android: Read Aloud<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Select the text<\/strong> you want to read,<\/li><li>Select the <strong>More<\/strong> menu,<\/li><li>Then select <strong>Read Aloud<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>See: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/accessibility\/android\/answer\/7349565?hl=en\">Use Select to Speak | Google Android Accessibility Help<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>iOS (iPhones and iPads): Speak Screen<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Open<\/strong> something to read.<\/li><li><strong>Swipe down<\/strong> from the top of the screen with two fingers.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>See: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/iphone\/hear-whats-on-the-screen-or-typed-iph96b214f0\/ios\">Hear iPhone speak the screen, selected text, and typing feedback | iPhone User Guide<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acknowledgements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Previous blog posts by Corrine Schoeb have inspired this post, including:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2021\/03\/11\/live-transcription-now-available-in-zoom\/\">Live transcription now available in zoom<\/a><\/em><\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2020\/03\/17\/nvda-simplified\/\">NVDA simplified<\/a><\/em><\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2020\/03\/12\/voiceover-simplified\/\">VoiceOver simplified<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>and by Swarthmore\u2019s ITS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee\u2019s presentation on disability inclusion and accessibility. Thanks to\u00a0Mark Davis, Sean O\u2019Donnell<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Ashley Turner,<\/em>\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0<em>Doug Willen for the thought and collaboration you put into your presentations, which has inspired this post!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is part five of a series on Assistive Technology (AT) tools anyone can use directly on their devices\u2014no extra download required.\u00a0In case you missed it, the last post was\u00a0Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Text-to-speech on desktops and laptops. Many platforms &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2025\/05\/08\/assistive-technology-at-tools-text-to-speech-on-mobile\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Text-to-speech on mobile<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":9613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,71],"tags":[216,90],"class_list":{"0":"post-9690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-academic-technology","8":"category-accessibility","9":"tag-accessibility","10":"tag-featured","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7483590-200.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph2nPL-2wi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9690"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9696,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9690\/revisions\/9696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}