You don't need Speechify when you can do this for FREE!

[@faithlike]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! You saved me from paying $140 this year! I got so much value from this video!

[@svartling]

You’re welcome. You find more on my channel

[@Jeroni69]

If I could afford to give you more I would but this is worth so much to me thanks!

[@svartling]

Thank you so much!

[@yolandalevingston9126]

I knew my iPhone had to have something on it that would help me read. I signed up for speechify but I quickly canceled it. Everyone wants to charge $.I’m so glad I followed m instincts and came to KZbin. Thank you so very much ❤

[@chazymondo7766]

The fact they even charging people who struggle to read so they can enjoy books or do there homework is just scandalous 😡

[@svartling]

Agreed

[@rosierain888]

Unpopular opinion: Obviously it's great that there is this tech Speechify offers to make information more accessible to people who are neurodivergent. A price tag for people in need isn't an equitable approach, for sure, but we need tech to exist and progress so that we can find what works and know more about leveraging the strengths of dyslexia. I'd argue that this is the first step toward the greater good before bringing it to our public systems. That's the arena for funding explicitly for equitable education. Society will be trying to progress with one arm behind its back if we wait for public funding to move dyslexia tech forward. This should exist in the public sector but I don't think these tools shouldn't exist elsewhere otherwise we are like crabs in a barrel pulling down efforts to advance the field. Omg I never thought I'd sound like such a capitalist 😅

[@rosierain888]

(Also, thank you SO MUCH for these tips!!!)

[@Snack56654]

Their*

[@MoonShine-o5n]

@@svartling Huh? Have you used Speechify lol? Their text to speech tech is out of this world. You can even train the algorithm to clone your own voice. It's crazy and sounds natural. Apple's built in voices are robotic and suck. Only problem I have with Speechify is their customer service is terrible. Other than that, it's a very innovative app.

[@genr3653]

Awesome! Thank You!

[@svartling]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!

[@slashd]

Awesome video, I have an iPad for more than 5 years and never knew before it could read aloud my ebooks

[@svartling]

Great. I’m glad I could learn you that you can 😊

[@talia4427]

Dude thank you omg I love to listen to audio books but I couldn’t find any free TTSs at all. I was going to by one and this video saved me from doing that when I have a free option. It sounds super good!!!🙏🙏😭

[@anttihilja]

On a mac the default reading voice is super robotic, but you can go to the "System Settings" > "Spoken Content", and change the "System voice" to Siri and it will be much nicer.

[@svartling]

Yeah the Siri voices is the only voices you should use because they are real neural engine voices.

[@Yosoydu]

How can I use it in iPhone ? I already set it up but it still reading with Samantha’s default voice

[@svartling]

@Yosoydu How to use Text To Speech in the Kindle App while reading along on your iPhone & iPad kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6mblZaha9uCnNk

[@riardolu7697]

man, you are the one true hero

[@GretchZ]

Thank you so much for this, sir. I didn’t set up Siri on my iPad, because I didn’t think I would use it, but I may need to start using a medication I have used in the past that made my brain foggy when I read books, but there are no audiobooks for the series I am reading right now. Perhaps it’s the moon attacking my emotions, but this helps me so much I almost cried.

[@svartling]

I’m glad I could help 👍🏻

[@jrey8722]

This was a awesome video I even found out that you can use this on screenshots so it will read the page of the book with incredible accuracy. Thanks again this video was really helpful

[@svartling]

Great! You’re welcome

[@faithlike]

Thanks!

[@svartling]

Thank you 😊

[@jankijan8004]

Thank you sir! I was running around trying to find a text to speech software and was trying to decide what kind of hole to blow in my pocket! I was deciding between Speechify, NaturalReaders and another one. Had this at the back of my mind, there should be an inbuilt reader but didn't know where to look for it. You made it easier. Thank you, subscribing. God bless you Stefan :)

[@futureformerteachers]

Thank you! I am writing a book and I like to have the completed chapters read to me. I had been using the free version of Natural Reader and WAS LITERALLY ABOUT TO PAY for the monthly service. I thank GOD that I come across your video!!!!

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@mayomayo9557]

Your mic is so calming

[@adrianahernandez9435]

Thank you so much. I got an IPad more than four years ago and no idea about this feature. I’m a slow reader, I fall asleep while reading within an hour, plus I have a back problem. I’ve been reading like crazy and in pain in order to pass a test for a license that is due soon. I was just about to purchase that expensive app, but not anymore 😅 I just setup my IPad, it works!

[@svartling]

I’m glad you liked it

[@nolramjm]

Sir thank you very much. Super appreciate this. I had so many apple devices and could not believe I paid for Speechify. THANKS THANKS. Donations will come soon.

[@svartling]

I’m glad I could help

[@kelianismendez3973]

Thank you!!! You can also do it in good notes just tried this!!! Just do the last part in setting to add the voice, and in good notes just select the whole text and then in the bar select “ speak “ and it will read it for you!!!! It’s perfect, very thankful!!

[@svartling]

Yes and it works in safari web browser too.

[@svartling]

A guide more in detail how to choose the best natural voices: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6mblZaha9uCnNk

[@RobEamer]

Thank you so much, I was about spend way too much money to get a decent voice... thanks to you, I am using the Siri 3 voice for free and it sounds perfect :)

[@svartling]

Great!

[@KhanhNguyen-ui6is]

Thank you soooo much!!! I was just about to pay them for a free trail but was like there has to be something else. This is amazing!!!

[@theojascentre8609]

Wow, that's amazing!! Thank you so much!! It works too with pdf documents, there's so much too read for our Uni modules, I love reading but I'm a slow reader... so, great thanks, Stefan!!

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@quemoiettoi]

Yes, but the quality as speech is terrible in the demonstration you gave. Still, I agree. It’s too expensive for a Speechify.

[@ruthcarlie]

Thanks man This was super awesome ❤

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@juneingram1130]

I just set this up . Absolute game changer . Thanks so much

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@ashleyp7011]

Thank you! I'm a PhD student, and this is going to help me so much!

[@svartling]

Great

[@HenryAnafi]

Thank you soo much. This has been so helpful

[@svartling]

Great

[@Kvngxkris]

Thank you so much for this! I can read more books now! You have a great day! 😊

[@svartling]

you're welcome

[@gAlbert23500]

Stefan, thanks so much for sharing ... I applied most of your recommended changes to my Mac/Apple Devices (so far, so good)

[@svartling]

Great 👍🏻

[@livscag7598]

Any available app that would do loud reading but coming from hardcopy?like scanning the hardcopy printed and immediately loudly reading?

[@svartling]

No, Then you probably have to use Speechify

[@ahom_ahom_ahom]

BEST INTRO EVER. Subbed.

[@abankplus7705]

I love this video I was paying for this for a year before I found this video. Cheers 👍

[@svartling]

Cheers

[@ImSchneckenhaus]

While the current TTS on iOS 17 is perfect, I hope the AI improvements on iOS 18’s Siri would make the TTS more natural (like proper pauses between commas and full stops, or between paragraphs). Hopefully, they can add a proper Read Aloud action within the Apple Books app, I read a lot of classics with cross references, and modifying the TTS to exclude the superscripts would make for a better reading and listening experience

[@svartling]

True

[@ImSchneckenhaus]

@@svartling just looking at your more recent uploads and I am really considering getting the pro version of Speech Central.. you can use OpenAI’s voices now on the current version. Do you think its worth it? 👀

[@svartling]

I haven’t used the open ai voices but I think the app is worth it. You can even use it to read news and blogs aloud.

[@Xinthian]

Goat ❤‍🔥 Another option which I use is the app called Narrator on iOS which uses Apple's own voices but it has a nice interface & it highlights the text is reads.

[@svartling]

Another is speech central that I use sometimes. But the problem with third party apps is that they are not allowed to use Apples Premium voices and only their extended ones.

[@Xinthian]

@@svartling NO ! It does use the premium voices

[@giiiddyup]

just saved me $100, thanks!

[@svartling]

You’re welcome ☺️

[@Cancelitbrahhg]

never thought I'd see the day when someone older than me is teaching me how to use tech lol it worked! thank you so much 🙏🏽 I was about to get another 3 trial days Speechify using another email 😅

[@svartling]

Well probably because I am older than you I can technology way better than you. I have used computers for 40 years and had an iPhone since 2006 and testing new phones every year. I also have a blog since 2004 and a KZbin channel since 2006. So I am used to teach kids like you. So you are welcome.

[@bachatarepublic21]

It really works like those applications. Thank you so much! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@svartling]

You’re welcome. You find more on my channel

[@bachatarepublic21]

@@svartling Great! I will be checking🤗

[@kaotharoyinkansolaadediji2697]

Thank you , you saved my life

[@Divine_healing]

Thank you so much this will help me study

[@macrumpton]

It is nice that the Apple devices have this feature built in, but the voices are horribly robotic compared to the AI voices that are out now. Sadly those voices are not in any free apps, and they usually have to turn an ePub into a pdf which takes a few minutes before it starts reading.

[@svartling]

EPUB works without connecting to pdf.

[@ayayron315]

Hello, Can you tell me how to stop this from reading just one word at a time? Other than that it works great. Thanks

[@taniaparedes6369]

Thank you! For this maravillous advice

[@straightfromsource8]

Smarties guy in the word, smartest in simlesiti how can we be so blind you are Genius genius...

[@svartling]

👍🏻

[@12234rachelle]

You are a great man, thank you so much!!!

[@KhadizahBrown-v7k]

OMG! OMG! THANK YOU SO MUCH, For showing us this but I’m a little sad because I can’t get the voice to start were I need it to. 😂 Then I have notice that she is all over the place. But I think you so much maybe she’ll get it together.

[@anandaditya479]

Thank you apple voice is great quality already

[@svartling]

Yes it sure is

[@petersongurgel861]

Thanks. I’m from Brazil. 👏🏻👏🏻

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@willall8103]

Great information, now how to save Siri's voice-over from a book reading for offline listening?

[@veetour]

Thank you. This was timely video. I looked at Speechify but couldn’t get past the high price and subscription model.

[@svartling]

Great 👍🏻

[@ingotheranchhand]

Same here. I almost dropped $200 on something I didn’t need

[@svartling]

Awesome

[@NerdishlyActive]

I will have to try this! I actually prefer reading books on my iPad over my Kindle. I think I’m one of the few ereaders who prefers that lol.

[@svartling]

Yeah I prefer that too thanks to this feature.

[@divahollywood757]

What I like about Speechify is I can take a picture of something with text and it will read it out to me. I don’t know if the built-in Apple one does that but nothing is better than having Snoop Dogg. Read your text messages to you or read a book it is hilarious.

[@svartling]

You can take pictures with Apple notes and have the text read for you. Not with Snoop Dogg though ;)

[@abeiam1357]

Is there a way to scan pages of a book or notes and use this to listen for later? Thanks in advance for your response and great video

[@svartling]

No not an easy way no. Sorry

[@isabelabez8457]

Thank you so much! Spared me an expensive annual renewal

[@svartling]

Great

[@mizzCutty]

Thank you so much!!! Amazing 😊

[@svartling]

Yes it is

[@MrJuan5278]

Wow thank you so much!!

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@Sulman8k]

Elevenlabs was my option but I saw this and dang. Thank you so much man!

[@svartling]

I’m glad you liked it

[@malavika9685]

Thank you so so so much!! ❤❤

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@michaelslifecycle]

Dude, you're the man.

[@gordonmitchell729]

Very good advice thank you. I will definitely try this out. 🖖

[@Jacqueline-es5yb]

Can this be used on a macbook air, I noticed the setting aren't the same on accessibility in settings, is there a way it can be done please? But thank you that was really interesting as I was thinking of getting speechify, but it is very expensive.

[@svartling]

I think so but I never used it. Sorry I can’t help how

[@TheDriverpreneur]

Very good insight, will this work on all iPhones?

[@svartling]

Yes on all iPhones and iPads

[@davidecampi3842]

Is there a way to increase the speaking speed to more than 2x? I don't know how just once 2.5x speed was available, but as soon as I changed it and then tried to set it back to 2.5x the maximum was 2x again. Best would be up to 3x. Any idea?

[@svartling]

Yes if you set the speed in the settings you can do that. Not from the controls.

[@stevenbolton5181]

How do I purchase the pro version oh the app? I can’t seem to find the pro version in the App Store.

[@svartling]

Which app are you talking about?

[@stevenbolton5181]

@@svartling Speech Central. I have it now. Human error on my part.

[@svartling]

@stevenbolton5181 ok. Personally I use the one built-in to iOS on my iPhone and iPad. It’s free.

[@stevenbolton5181]

Free is good. I will try it. Thanks-@@svartling

[@ismaelismael3892]

Thank you very much for the tip

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@BradCarlMusic]

I wish you had shown it working on your iPhone as it is not working for me in the Kindle app or Apple Books app for some reason.

[@svartling]

I have plenty of videos showing that. Here is one: How To Listen Along while Reading an ebook in Apple Books app on an iPhone or iPad kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJSWY5uKg6-Urbc

[@BradCarlMusic]

@@svartling Thank you. The 2 finger thing is not an easy task on the phone but I finally got it work.

[@Mav...]

BEWARE! They charge your card right away before the 3 day trial and it is almost impossible to find where to cancel. They suggest you cancel with Apple but that doesn't refund your money. It only cancels it at the end of a year. I'm still trying to get my money back.

[@svartling]

You mean speechify right? The ones I show you don’t need in this video?

[@djfuzzymusic1715]

This works great. Thanks

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@Mastk2008]

On Mac OS the options are limited, on Windows even more and on Linux the voices are horrible, I was considering buy this because of the support for others systems.

[@svartling]

Well I’d you need them buy it

[@quaterman1270]

for $10 per month and unlimited use, I would accept that but what they are charging and the use time is a joke. In the trial I used up all my time in 10 days and would have to wait another 20 days to be able to reuse it. I am wondering why google or others did not come up with a free or cheaper solution for natural reading.

[@edwarcastil]

Thank you sir! It works! Awesome!

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@copastorlisam3958]

Thanks soooo much for this information!

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@JCampbellDK]

My challenge using this method is that it will regularly stop and then when I start it again, it will re-read the same previous page and not move on to the next page. Suggestions for how to avoid this?

[@svartling]

Which app are you using?

[@JCampbellDK]

@ the native feature using Siri on iPhone

[@svartling]

@JCampbellDK yes but in which app?

[@JCampbellDK]

@@svartling the free alternative to Speechify that you describe in this video 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@svartling]

@JCampbellDK which app are you reading in? Which app are you using it?

[@eddiebaby22]

what would you say is the best tts reader for kindle books? Im on android or PC. Many are not even compatible. I'd like one that highlights words as they are read, it helps me.

[@svartling]

Kindle books has drm protection so you need to use the built in tts on your phone in the accessibility settings. This video shows how to do it on iPhone and iPad. I don’t use android.

[@eddiebaby22]

@@svartlingthanks very much for the reply. Yes struggling a bit with this at the moment. Thought there would have been one that did the business but it seems not :(

[@svartling]

@eddiebaby22 ok. Works great on iPhone and iPad though.

[@farzadjahanfard]

I am dyslexic and cant thank you enough for

[@svartling]

I’m glad I could help.

[@purezasouza6440]

can it also highlight the text that it reads?

[@svartling]

Yes if you use Apple Books to read in

[@sanilnair]

Amazing... thank you so much for making this video 👍

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@JoeTC07]

Thanks this was really helpful

[@destined0201]

Can i use these voices for youtube video voiceovers?

[@svartling]

No

[@BeaucoupMila]

You just saved me!!! Thank you!❤

[@svartling]

I’m glad I can help. You find more on my channel

[@toastedtarts4044]

I use speechify to take pictures of pages on physical books, then make speechify read the page. Can the iphone or ipad do that too?

[@svartling]

Yes very easy. Take pictures with Apple notes app and choose to read the text aloud.

[@toastedtarts4044]

@@svartlingit seems to work for french. Thanks for showing this. I’ve been paying for speechify the last two years

[@svartling]

@toastedtarts4044 you’re welcome

[@Anonymised1]

Comparing IOS speak selection to Speechify is like comparing Economy seating to Business seating.

[@svartling]

True when it comes to payment also ;)

[@smellycat249]

Somehow I missed what you did to make Siri talk. Do I need the kindle app?

[@svartling]

No you can do it in Apple Books app too

[@ghostscoutlair]

Soni don't have apple products I have a samsung android. What's the alternative for that ?

[@FrankForbezFilms]

Can I use this for text books ?

[@svartling]

Well if you mean physical books, yes you can for example scan them with apple notes and then do what I show in the video. Or if you mean text books that are already in a digital format is also the answer yes.

[@gisellesuarez6893]

Dear Stefan, does this works for my Asus laptop? I have Windows 10, thanks for your help, blessings from Perú :)

[@svartling]

Well this is only for apple devices but I’ve heard that there is text to speech for windows computers too but I don’t use windows so I really don’t know how.

[@Tara_thatonegirl]

What about when you need to take a picture of a book to read? My son is 15 and severely dyslexic.

[@svartling]

This works in all apps. So if you take a picture of a book in for example Apple notes and then make it read it for you it does.

[@Fischholder]

Thank you so much 

[@svartling]

You’re welcome

[@ishaismail8357]

Is this possible on an iPhone?

[@svartling]

Of course. Works the same on both ipad and iphone

[@oshelynncabrera2880]

You are the best!

[@murielleg3948]

Thank you for this very useful information.

[@svartling]

You’re welcome. You find more on my channel

[@najmawehlie6281]

What is the name of the app for apple iPhones

[@svartling]

There is no App. It’s built in to iOS

[@costi1968]

Can we import other Pdf’s?

[@svartling]

Import pdfs? I don’t understand? You can open any pdf, epub or other text file. Any doc you want. Unless they don’t are DRM protected.

[@sarahcimia9684]

Merci beaucoup pour la vidéo.. en revanche les pages ne se tournent pas automatiquement sur Kindle une fois arrivé au dernier mot de l’écran contrairement à vous.. Comment avez-vous fait ? Également je constate que Siri épelle parfois les lettres au lieu de lire le mot. Est-ce un bug ? Merci pour votre aide 😅

[@SarahHARKET]

Personne ?

[@caseyjonson8605]

Does this work on Word documents? I can't seem to make it work at the moment.

[@svartling]

Well if you open the word doc in the Apple Page app it works.

[@kamikaze_Granny]

Hey sir, I have a samsung device. How can I use this?

[@svartling]

You can’t. But you can probably use some built in text to speech on Android

[@mikehome9548]

I use this feature on my macbook but I have to select the text before it gets read. Do you know how to have the feature read the text available on screen automatically (instead of having to select it beforehand) ? Thank you

[@svartling]

No sorry I don’t use it on my Mac. Only iPhone and iPad.

[@TheGuitarHerEoin]

Hi, did you manage to figure this out? Trying to do the same

[@tbrown6754]

Thank you! 🙏

[@deoclecianoneto6249]

thank you sir

[@svartling]

You're welcome

[@rosanas7105]

What if my document is on a pdf file? Can I still use it?

[@svartling]

Yes just open the pdf on your iPhone or iPad and do the same thing. Or you can also import the pdf into your kindle account and open it in the kindle app and do the same. I have a video on my channel on how to open pdf files in the kindle app.

[@bayronsanchez5324]

How does the app look like?

[@svartling]

There is no app. It’s built in to iOS

[@simonbackwash]

Much prefer the way YOU speak. Human real voice in general. All those KZbinrs and kids with 2x speech syndrome is concerning ✅

[@svartling]

Ok 👍🏻

[@Bramandin]

Kinda sad there is nothing this good for Android users... I'm using Windows 11 voices through Balabolka but they are just a tad worse than Siri and Siri is just barely good enough for my preference :(

[@svartling]

Yes that's sad. You can use Google text to speech though

[@kainemarsh9001]

Your accent and voice would be very good for asmr