If you have the book you want to read on an Android phone, you can turn on TalkBack to have your phone read it – or anything on your screen – aloud. She will also read emails, news articles, texts, and whatever else is on the screen, so this can use her to help you keep up with work or information while resting your eyes, staying active, or driving. But she is an AI and sometimes mispronounces things. She does a good job, too, for the most part. Then summon Siri and say, “Speak Screen.” She will read the book aloud, in her voice. All she needs is a digital copy of the book, downloaded to your phone, to read from. If you don’t have a Kindle (but do have an iPhone) or want a cheaper way to do this, get Siri to read aloud. While you are reading a book, just choose Tools/Start text to speech and a computer voice will take over the reading so you can close your eyes. When you have a book open in the app, you can use Whispersync or turn on text-to-speech and have it read aloud to you at any time. You don’t have to own a Kindle to buy a Kindle book on Amazon and read it on a tablet, computer, or phone. And the audio books are read by skilled voice artists or actors. Not only will this service read the book aloud while you walk or drive, it will remember where you were and cue up the audio in precisely the same place you left off when you were reading. You don’t even have to have a Kindle, really, for this to work. In fact, you can listen through any tablet, phone, or Amazon Echo, so the way you do this is really up to you. Or open the book on your phone and start listening either through headphones or a connected speaker that way, if you want to go for a walk, say, and don’t want to bring your Kindle. If you are reading a book on your Kindle and want to get in the tub and have that book read aloud to you, you can switch to audio, if you have the audio version, right from your Kindle. It asked me if I wanted to go to the most recent page read (in Audible.) I tapped “Yes” and it took me to the same spot in the book it had last read.
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