Add read aloud / text-to-speech to the mobile app

Phil Gons (Logos) · 2020-01-10T07:12:24+00:00

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Please add read aloud / text-to-speech support so we can listen to our resources and have them read to us on the mobile app like we can on the desktop app.

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Daryl Welch

I have a MacBook Air and I love that it reads allowed. Can you develop the same thing for iPhone and iPad mobile app

John Leffler

Please add the Read function to the mobile version to listen to books. This would help so much with my dyslexia.

Jazmin Ruiz

Please make the text within a book accessible to the Google Talkback screen reader.

James Clark

yes, everyone should have God's word accessible to them. just for clarification talkback will not read the text of the book, it acts like its not there. it refuses to read. it reads the buttons just fine but it will not read the text in the books.
that's what Jazmin tells me.

unknown

As an educator I cannot emphasize the need for this highly enough. So many people struggle with reading, even at higher degrees of education like me. TTSis a game changer for scholars, students, and laypeople alike.

unknown

Yes, please add this! I would love to be able to hear my Logos books on the road.

unknown

Yes, please add this! I would love to be able to hear me Logos books on 5e road.

Adrian Greer

I'm not surprised at all to see this as the most requested item on mobile. This would be a game changer for my workflow.

Andre Anokhin

Please add this function!

Andre Anokhin

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1328655#Comment_1328655

@Peter Li Thank you for clarifying! Totally agree. One of my readers makes awkward pause when flipping page. Really distracting! And yes, choosing language and TTS engine is crucial too!

unknown

Yes!! This would help greatly for those who learn better and faster with audiobooks. Not everyone can afford to buy the audiobook version of their textbooks, MANY textbooks do not even have an audiobook version. Any book should be able to have text-to-speech capabilities. Please and thank you!

unknown

Yes. please add this function!

Vin M

Please enable TTS on Android phones while using the Logos app. This would enable me to use the accessibility feature on my phone to make books that are not audio into audiobooks. I would purchase more books through the Faithlife website—thus, increasing your revenues—if you could make this happen. Currently I'm buying all of my digital books through Vital Source, who has an app called Bookshelf that lets me do exactly what I described I would like to see Logos do. The Logos app for WINDOWS already allows this. I can use the Windows accessibility option to use TTS with any book. This would be a game changer if you could make this happen for Android phones. Thank you.

unknown

This would be super helpful for me!

Daniel Hofland

It would be great if the text was highlighted as it was being read so you don't lose your spot if following along.

Phil Gons (Logos)

Now available in Logos 10! https://www.logos.com/10

unknown

Can you provide documentation showing how to have your updated Android app actually read the text? I can't find details and I don't intuitively see how it works in the app after getting the update today.

unknown

Please provide additional details. The only audio books showing up on the IOS app are actual audio books in my library (not many). There is no text to speech function on the IOS Logos v10 app that I can find. One of the main reasons I paid for the update was this functionality.

Ingeborg te Loo

Read aloud for mobile app would help a lot for any books. There is an option on iPhone for Siri to read any text that's on the screen (books , etc.) and turn the page automatically , but LOGOS recently added the title of the book being read on top of the screen so every time the page turns , Siri would also read the book title (very annoying). Can LOGOS just remove the title or have an option to remove it from the top of the iPhone screen?

Alex S

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1328623#Comment_1328623

@Alexander E Aguilar I have the same problem, but found that if you go to View Settings and enable Scrolling View it won’t read the title every page. Unfortunately it also won’t read the footnotes.

Josua Häsler

Hey Guys,
This was actually added to logos 10. It is called "Read aloud on Mobile". In the english packages it is included from Bronze upwards. In other languages this may differ.

Alex S

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1328617#Comment_1328617

@Thomas Wood seems like Logos 10 Gold and above adds a button to the interface to start text-to-speech. You still can have text-to-speech FOR FREE by using native iOS TTS and a funny two-finger gesture:
Hear the entire screen: Swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen. Use the controls that appear to pause speaking or adjust the rate.
Source: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph96b214f0/ios

Vin M

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1328628#Comment_1328628

@Josua Häsler I am in the mobile app for Android version 10.02, I don't see this feature. I just opened a random book from my library and checked the menu options within the book. No option to read was seen. I know TTS is available on my PC in Logos, but not for Android. Maybe you have it on Apple iPhone?

Josua Häsler

Have you purchased a logos 10 Bronze package or upwards? I haven't made the upgrade yet. I have heard in a recent webcast that this is available for android as well. So it should work, maybe someone else can confirm. With a free update you don't typically get any new features, only updates of existing ones. Hope that answers your question.

unknown

Yes please!! Currently I need to use my laptop to listen as I read along from my phone. It's rather a bother

Costa Araya

Can we please add this? I love having this option on desktop but it needs to be on mobile! I have a lot of books that I rather read on my ipad with the read out loud feature

unknown

Text to speech (TTS) on Androids would be immensely helpful.

Chris laws

Yes yes yes! Then I can listen as I drive

Kyle J Delgren

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1328597#Comment_1328597

@Lee Antony They added this feature but paywalled it by requiring Bronze and above. I guess folks with dyslexia have to fork out a few hundred more dollars to get that accessibility.

unknown

Is this gonna happen?

unknown

A resonant, natural voice that would work for every resource in one’s library would be a huge upgrade to LOGOS software. I’m frequently in my car, or wearing ear buds throughout the day and would love to have various volumes read to me as I do other things.

unknown

YES! I use speechify, which is on mac, PC, android, and iPhone. I would like LOGOS to be integrated with speechify for sure.

unknown

Yes please add

Matt Philipenko

100% agreed! This is basic functionality for most readers now. Please support it.

michael strand

Greetings Logos team. Many people have given input and waited for a long time for this feature enhancement. It would be of great value to many of us Android users.

Do you have a status update?

Thank you in advance!

Phil Gons (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1328611#Comment_1328611

@michael strand You'll see this was marked as Done. We completed this with the launch of Logos 10 last October. Is there more that you're looking for?

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