Text-to-speech
Enable the text-to-speech feature in iPadOS and you can listen to what’s written on the screen
IT WILL TAKE 5 minutes
YOU WILL LEARN How to make your iPad read out what’s on the screen
YOU’LL NEED An iPad
There are numerous reasons for wanting Siri to read out text on your iPad’s screen. Although the feature was created by Apple to help people with a visual impairment, it also comes in handy if you’re trying to follow a recipe and don’t want to touch the screen or if you’re simply tired of reading and want to give your peepers a rest by listening instead.
Whatever your reason, it’s very easy to set up, with the feature baked into iPadOS (as well as iOS), allowing you to switch it on and off at will. Here, we explore the different ways you can get Siri to speak a screen’s content. It’s also possible to hear what you type. Just select ‘Typing Feedback’ when you follow the tutorial.
HOW TO Set up the iPad’s reader
1 Go to Accessibility
If you’d like your iPad to read out text on the screen, you need to enable the feature. Do so by launching the Settings app. Select ‘Accessibility’ and tap ‘Spoken Content’.
2 Speak Selection
You will see a range of options, the first being ‘Speak Selection’. By toggling this on, you
