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ktrose07

Q: Speak selection

I am using my iPad air in my software is up-to-date. I am having issues with using The Speak Selection Feature. Especially in Safari. Can anyone recommend a fix for this issue? Thank you.

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Posted on Jan 3, 2015 4:33 PM

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  • by dev0,

    dev0 dev0 Jan 11, 2015 11:05 AM in response to ktrose07
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    Jan 11, 2015 11:05 AM in response to ktrose07

    Hi,

     

    What kind of issues are you having with Speak Selection?

    Is it when the spoken stuff is in the same language than your OS?

    general > accessibility > vision | speech  -> select language or dialect if itʻs always with the same language

     

    If itʻs happening when the text is in other languages: there is a way to set different languages somewhere around the same area of accessibility features, so that when the text is in language X, itʻll recognize it and read it correctly.

    I forgot how I set it up, but when my iPhone reads a text and recognizes that itʻs e.g. in Italian (or if I get a choice to indicate what language it is), itʻll sound correct.

     

    Too bad there is no option to just have many languages to switch between while using VoiceOver.

    (E.g. if VoiceOver runs in Italian, any text spoken in English sounds terrible, and vice versa)

  • by ktrose07,

    ktrose07 ktrose07 Jan 11, 2015 8:07 PM in response to dev0
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    Jan 11, 2015 8:07 PM in response to dev0

    Hi, thanks for replying.  The problem is that it will not allow me to select text to speak. This happens all the time in apps And Google, and sometimes in Safari.