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• To step
• Method 1 of 4: Set up text to speech
• Method 2 of 4: Using TalkBack
• Method 3 of 4: Using Google Play Books
• Method 4 of 4: Using Google Translate

This article will show you how to install and use Text to Speech (TTS) on an Android smartphone or tablet. Currently, there aren't many apps that make full use of TTS technology, but you can enable it for use in Google Play Books, Google Translate, and TalkBack.

To step

Method 1 of 4: Set up text to speech

1. Open Settings Scroll down and press Accessibility Press Text-to-speech output. This is above the "View" section on the page.
2. Select a TTS engine. If your phone manufacturer has its own text-to-speech engine, you will see several options available. Press the Google text-to-speech engine or the engine of your device manufacturer.
3. Press Press Install voting data. This is the last option in the TTS Engine Settings menu.
4. Select your language. This will install the voting data for your chosen language.
5. Press Tap the downloaded set of voices and choose a voice. After the set of voices has been downloaded to your phone, you must press the set of voices again to select a voice from the set. When you press a voice, you will hear a preview of the voice on your phone. For most languages ​​there are usually different male and female voices to choose from.
6. Press OK. It's in the bottom right corner of the popup window.

Method 2 of 4: Using TalkBack

1. Open Settings Scroll down and press Accessibility Press TalkBack. This is under the heading "Services".
2. Turn on TalkBack. Press the switch opposite TalkBack to turn it ON and enable TalkBack. When TalkBack is on, your Android device will read aloud the options or text on the screen.
   • When the switch is ON, the button will move to the right.
3. Use TalkBack. To use TalkBack, you just need to use your phone in the same way as usual, except for the following features:
   • Touch or scroll your fingers to have items on the screen read aloud.
   • Double-tap an app to open it.
   • Use two fingers to navigate the panels on the home screen.

Method 3 of 4: Using Google Play Books

1. Open Google Play Books Press the tab Library. This is the tab that resembles a stack of paper at the bottom of the screen.
2. Press a book. This will open this book in the Books app.
   • If you haven't bought any books, open the Google Play Store and press the "Books" tab at the top of the screen. Search for a book by title or author in the search bar at the top of the screen or search the books in the store. Some free books can be found under the "Top Free" tab.
3. Press the page. This will display the navigation screen.
4. Press ⋮. It's in the top right corner of the Navigation screen page. This will display the options for the current book.
5. Press Read aloud. This is about halfway through the Books app menu. This will read the book aloud using the currently selected Text-to-Speech Engine.
   • Press the page to pause recording. You can also swipe down from the top of the screen and press the pause button in the notification bar.
   • Press "⋮" and then stop reading aloud to stop the TTS reading.

Method 4 of 4: Using Google Translate

1. Open Google Translate Press left Press right Type a word or phrase you want to translate. Press the box that says "Press to enter text" and enter a word or phrase in the first language that you want to translate into the second language. This will translate the text in the box below into the selected language, highlighting the box in blue.
2. Press above the translated text . In the second box with the translated text, you have to press the icon of a speaker. After that, your phone's TTS engine will read out the translated text aloud in the translated language.
   • If you want to use Google Translate to listen to spoken dialogue and automatically translate it, you can also press the "conversation" icon, which looks like two microphones.