OS X Daily:
Siri has the ability to read anything on the screen of an iPhone or iPad to you. And yes, that means Siri will quite literally read aloud whatever is open and on the display of an iOS device, whether it’s a web page, an article, an email, a text message, anything on the screen will be read out loud by Siri, and you’ll even have controls for speeding up and slowing down speech, as well as pausing and skipping sections.
Pretty cool. To enable this feature, you’ll need to enable the Speak Screen switch in Settings > General > Accessibility. Once you do that, you can get Siri to speak your screen by telling Siri:
Speak screen
You can also get the same result by using two fingers to swipe down from the top of the screen.
Try this out. I think this is a fantastic accessibility feature. Try tapping the rabbit/turtle on the control panel that appears to speed up/slow down Siri’s voice. Nicely done. Note that this will only work in iOS.
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Good to hear (pun intended). I expect Siri might be a lot easier to listen to than Alex or Kathy.
Yeah this is an excellent feature. I’ve been using it for a long time. Yet another accessibility tool that’s good for general use too! I use it to listen to articles while I’m walking, for instance, like an audiobook. Just wish the voice quality were better, for some reason she sounds more robotic when reading (it’s the “Voice Over” style intonations) than she does when speaking while doing tasks.