Speak screen can read an iBook even when device is slept, so don't know why it wouldn't do what you're asking.
Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda MySpace.com/musikonalda Facebook.com/lpnalda Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter: @lpnalda > On Mar 28, 2017, at 1:48 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Does speak Screen work for long articles within NFB Newsline? I read a number > of publications that are long, and this would be great there. I tried it a > couple of times a year or so back and couldn’t get it to work, but I didn’t > know if it was me or the Speak Screen. > > Thanks in advance, Keith > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Alan Lemly > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 1:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Speaking bar > > Anna has provided the settings below to turn the speak screen feature on and > off and I thought I'd provide the gesture to begin the speaking. With the > feature turned on, placing focus on the topline status bar on something like > time followed by a two finger swipe down will place the speech bar smack in > the middle of the screen and start speech. The speech bar covers most of the > screen from left to right and is about half an inch tall. It contains a > number of controls and has an X in its upper right corner to exit it. > Jonathan Mosen did a podcast explaining the speak screen feature a couple of > years ago. > > Alan Lemly > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 28, 2017, at 10:49 AM, Woody Anna Dresner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > The only way I know to turn on the speaking bar or turn it off for good is to > go to settings/General/Accessibility/Speech and use the Speak Screen toggle. > The speak screen feature can be useful for reading books in iBooks with the > screen locked, but the speaking bar can definitely get in the way the rest of > the time. > > If Speak Screen is on, you can start reading the screen with the controls on > the speaking bar or ask Siri to read the screen. If you're in iBooks at the > time, you can lock the screen once the page starts reading. Use the speech > screen in Accessibility Settings to set the voice and speaking rate for this > feature. > > Best, > Anna > > > > On Mar 28, 2017, at 10:35 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Never heard about it. Can you explain more what happened when you did > whatever you did? > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > R Van Lant > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 7:35 AM > To: 'viphone List ([email protected])' <[email protected]> > Subject: Speaking bar > > I accidentally did some gesture that enabled the speak screen bar or > something like that on my phone. I just rebooted my phone and that seems to > have cleared it for now, but I don’t know what I did to accidentally enable > it and/or what people use it for. 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