There is a way to get your Mac to read Kindle books to you, out loud, with its built-in text to speech software, but it’s not as intuitive as you might think. What about the Mac, you might ask? Can’t you just turn on VoiceOver on the Mac and have it read ebooks to you? Not if you use an e-Reader software like Kindle or Nook, you can’t.
If you want to listen to iBooks, or have a visual impairment that makes it tough to see the text on the iPad screen, you can turn on VoiceOver and have the iBook read to you. If you own an iPad, for instance, you might download audio books from iTunes or iBooks from that particular app, and then read right on your iPad. When reading in other Bibles, an orange circle appears briefly indicating the start of each new verse.Lots of us like to listen to audiobooks, and lots of us buy ebooks across a variety of services and devices.
not the system narrator) and is therefore limited to the ESV and LEB. This option is only available when using "custom voices" (i.e. Note: Selecting Show word by word indicator activates a small gray dot that synchronizes with the narration.
Select a human narrator or the System Narrator (the option of using a human narrator is only available for the ESV and LEB).Expand the narrator options next to Read Aloud.Open the resource’s panel menu by clicking.Clicking closes the media player and stops playback.įor resources with a custom narrator, such as the LEB (New Testament) and ESV, you can switch between the human and system narrator.Ĭhanging the Narrator has a slightly different interface on Windows and on Mac.Click 1x to change the narration speed from 1x through 1.4x, 2x, and.Rewind button rewinds the audio playback by 30 seconds.Note: Elapsed time is based on 1x speed and does not change when the reading speed is altered. The progress and elapsed time in the chapter (or section).and stops or starts narration without closing the media player bar.The media controls from left to right are: Press Ctrl+R / Cmd+R again to stop narration and close the media player bar.A media player bar appears at the bottom right.Press Ctrl+R (Windows) or Cmd+R (Mac) to begin narration.Navigate to the passage you want to hear.Note: Available in packages Bronze and above.
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