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With just a few simple taps, you can do text-to-speech on a Kindle Fire. Hollis Johnson / Business Insider
- You can enable the text-to-speech feature on your Kindle Fire device to read written content aloud.
- Both Kindle content and your personal documents can use the text-to-speech feature.
- Text-to-speech entries are also available for languages other than English and can be downloaded via the progress bar within the book itself.
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If you are visually impaired or just want to hear your book or document aloud instead of reading the text, Kindle Fire has a text-to-speech feature that translates the written words into audio so you can listen aloud. Best of all, text to speech is not only available for Kindle books, but also for many (though not all) personal text files.
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Enabling text-to-speech is easy and only takes a few seconds. Books in the Kindle Store will notify you even if the capacity is available before you purchase, although the feature should be enabled in the book or document itself, where available. Once enabled, you can start playing the audio immediately.
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Amazon Kindle (Starting at $ 89.00 at Amazon)
Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet (From $ 59.99 at Amazon)
How to enable text-to-speech on your Kindle Fire?
1 On your Kindle Fire, open the book as the document you want to read.
2 In the upper right corner of the screen, tap on the three vertically stacked dots to open a list of menu options.
3 Tap “Additional Settings.”
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Under the three-point menu, select “Additional Settings.” Jennifer Still / Business Insider
4. Scroll down until you see the “Text-to-speech” option and switch the button to the “on” position, which will turn the check box orange.
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Toggle the “Text to Speech” button to the “On” position. Jennifer Still / Business Insider
5 Click the “back” button to return to your book.
6 To start using text to speech, tap on the screen and then tap the play button below to start listening to your book. Your book or document should then start reading.
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Click the “Play” button to start listening. Jennifer Still / Business Insider
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