When I use the Speak Screen function, in the Kindle and iBook app, it skips to the last couple of paragraph at the bottom of the page, advances to the next page and does the same thing. Is anyone else having this problem? Any help would be appreciated.
Recently, I have updated IOS version. Maybe the problem is the IOS version because it didn't never happen before.
iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 11.2.6
I contacted kindle this morning about this issue and this was their response "I can definitely assist you with any issues you might be having with the kindle application. However, the "Speak Screen" is a functionality that Apple provides in their IOS operating system. The issue you're experiencing is related to the compatibility with the Speak Screen and 3rd party applications. We have had customer contact us about this. We have notified Apple about their compatibility and they've notified us that Speak Screen is fully compatible with their IBooks (Owned by Apple) and they do not plan on making it compatible with the kindle application (Owned by Amazon). I'm sorry about this"
I agree. Heartbroken.
I tried to use that I couldn’t get out the settings part before I was going craz
I been calling amazon and complaining the only thing they told me was that was going to what’s going on and contacted me but I been waiting two weeks to hear back from s
Awesome! I just updated and it works now.b
Hi Douglas,
Yep the app works once again. Thank you Amazon and Apple for fixing the app. Muchly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Robert Fry
Victoria Canada
I’m not showing that I have an update waiting. Is there a way to get to it?
Done! Yay! Works once again. 😊
Hopefully Amazon can fix it. I too have this problem. Speak Screen reads the first page completely and after that the last paragraph on all other pages. I have low vision problems and as it stands now, I no longer can access my library of 100+ Amazon Kindle books via Speak Screen.
From reading the news Apple is revamping iBooks very soon (IOS 11.3) and to have Speak Screen work in the Kindle app would be to Apple's disadvantage. So now if you want books read to you via Speak Screen then you must use iBooks or PDF but not Kindle.
However you should be warned that Apple or Amazon could disable speak screen because they could not solve the problem. They could also stop supporting Kindle completely as well too. We are very lucky that the Kindle app still works on the iPad.
I am not surprised about the Speak Screen issue. In IOS 11 Apple also took away the ability to stream Apple iTunes m4a files stored locally on the ipad to DNLA media players that were fully supported in IOS 10. There were about 5 app developers who were effected and they had to remove that feature from their app. Apple and the app developers blame each other.
Hi lambanla,
it almost looks as if Apple did cripple it for amazon because other apps that use speak screen still work for now.
Who knows what will happen after update 11.3. Before screen speak there were apps that could read PDF files And I am sure that amazon can fix the problem, if they want to, in light of what the other app developers have done in the past.
I too have many amazon books and I will not buy any iBook it is just out of principle. At his point I am done with Apple, I will do workarounds to make things work, however when this device breaks or if I need music I will just try and get them elsewhere first just out of principle.
Speak Screen Problem
