How to Turn ON/Enable Speak Screen on iPhone, iPad, Mac

This one's a great accessibility feature, if you can't read or working on something, then enable Speak Screen on iPhone or iPad.

Let’s get the guide on how to enable Speak Screen on iPhone and iPad, as well as its functionality in your iOS devices like iPhone, iPad, or iPod. Firstly, know what to do using the Speak screen on your iPhone or iPad. So, in the beginning, I give you a little overview of that. If you have a hard time reading the font/ Text of your iOS device, then you can change the Text Size, or you can use the Speak screen feature to read E-book, emails, iMessage, and web pages.

Especially this feature is much useful for those users who have low vision Problem. Suppose you’re one of them or bored while reading on your iOS device, iPhone, or iPad. Then relax and start to use the Speak screen feature on your new iPhone. All you need to do is Turn ON the Speak screen on your iOS iPhone. After that, you can get the action of the Speak screen. You can adjust the voice’s talk and set the speaking rate up to a low to high-range voice. Another thing is you can highlight words as they’re already being read. Follow the below steps to enable the speak screen in iOS.

You can use Speak Screen after Enable on your iOS device. After enabling it, swipe down with two fingers from the top or tell Siri to speak all text on the screen, and it will read back to you.

Steps for Turn On/Enable Speak Screen on iPhone

1. Launch the Settings App from your iPhone home screen.
2. Now, select Accessibility.

Open Settings Select Accessibility on iPhone

3. Then Tap on, Spoken Content.
4. In the last, Turn the toggle Speak Screen ON.

Click spoken content turn on speak screen on iPhone

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Steps to Turn On/Enable Speak Screen on Mac

1. Click the Apple Logo on your Mac computer.
2. Select System Settings…

Click apple logo select the system settings... on mac

3. Click on Accessibility.
4. Select the Spoken Content on the right-side panel.

Click on accessibility select Spoken Content on mac

5. You can see the Speak selection setting.

click on toggle to enable next to Speak selection on mac

6. Turn the toggle to the right side next to the Speak selection.

Enable toggle Speak selection on mac

Highlight Content as it is Spoken:

Tap on “Highlight Content” and Enable toggle to see more settings related to this.

That’s it.

Now you can test with the Safari browser, and open Safari on your iPhone.

Search and Swipe down two fingers at once from the Top of the screen. The speak screen will be enabled. You can also see the extra control to skip the content and jump to the next section.

You can also get the reverse tip below on how to Turn Off/ disable the Speak Screen in an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

1. Launch the Settings App on your iPhone.
2. Scroll the screen Accessibility.

Open Settings Select Accessibility on iPhone

3. Tap on Spoken Content.
4. Disable toggle Speak Selection off.

Click spoken content turn off speak selection on iPhone

We ardor, by sharing this tip to our daily readers and for new as well I’m hopeful, will become more and more useful.

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Karly Wood

Karly Wood is a journalist based in Ohio who specializes in covering Apple and technology trends. With a varied experience in reporting on public safety, government, and education, her insights bridge multiple disciplines, providing readers with a well-rounded perspective on today's technological advancements. If you need to contact me, you can reach me at [email protected] or through (Facebook)

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