Amazon Technologies Kindle D00511 - Manual (Page 73)

Chapter 3 · 73 KINDLE USER’S GUIDE 4 th EDITION
2. Move the 5-way down so that “turn on” is underlined. Press the 5-way to select.
In a few moments, you will hear your content spoken aloud. You can either
listen to it through the Kindle’s external speakers or plug in earphones into the
headphone jack.
3. By default, content is spoken with a male voice, but using the 5-way, you can select
a female speaking voice. You can also slow down or increase the rate of speech
as well as pause or turn off Text-to-Speech
4. While Text-to-Speech is playing, the screen will update to the corresponding page
of text.
For PDF files and books which the rights holder does not allow Text-to-Speech to read
aloud, Text-to-Speech will be grayed out and you will not be able to select it.
By default, Text-to-Speech starts reading at the beginning of the page currently
displayed. To start reading at a particular spot, move the cursor where you’d like the
reading to begin before starting Text-to-Speech.
Tip: You can also play or stop Text-to-Speech by holding down the Shift key
and pressing the Symbol key . You can pause and resume Text-to-Speech by
pressing the Spacebar.