Misspelled words are said incorrectly by Alex. My ear is excellent at catching them though. Proofreading - I am prone to typing errors and I am not great at catching them when reading through on a screen. Long articles are best saved for when you can read in their entirety because it isn’t easy to start halfway in. Alex also works with the reader view in Safari if you don’t care about highlighting. Some of these read later apps have their own text-to-voice, but Alex works on all of them. Instapaper/Pocket - I save most things I want to read to Instapaper so I can highlight them as I go. Alex isn’t Morgan Freeman, but what you lose in the human touch, you gain in the ability to highlight text to remember for later. Swipe down, leave the screen open and the pages change automatically. Kindle Books - Instead of spending a fortune on audiobooks, you can use Alex. Now you have a text-to-voice superpower that works across the operating system.
INSTAPAPER TEXT TO SPEECH DOWNLOAD
On the Spoken Content screen you want to go into Voices and under English select “Alex”. “Alex” is by far the most realistic sounding computer voice, which is why he is a relatively large download (approaching 1GB). I use Speak Screen which lets you easily read anything on the screen by swiping down with two fingers from the top of the screen. Speak Selection lets you highlight text and select speak. Then turn on Speak Selection and Speak Screen. To activate “Alex” on an iPhone go to Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content.
INSTAPAPER TEXT TO SPEECH FREE
The best thing: Alex comes free with iOS. Pop in your AirPods and you have countless opportunities to listen to something.Įnter “Alex”. Alex is my digital assistant with a high-quality voice that’s always in my ear. We have a lot more listening time than reading time. Unfortunately, most of the best content is still text-based. Audio learning is progressing with audiobooks and podcasts (and soon Avocado audio courses), but until then we need an audio workaround for text.Īudio has massive benefits over text. We were never meant to sit at desks all day. I have never liked sitting still to read long articles or books. Humans evolved to think best when moving around.
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