You can command Siri to "speak screen" while Voiceover is on and do a two-finger-double-tap to pause it. You can also lock the screen while reading from a web page or iBooks. It will keep reading in the background while you get notifications, etc. or do other tasks on the device.
Teresa "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks > On Feb 25, 2015, at 5:19 PM, Pete Nalda <lpna...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The screen speak feature is invoked by doing a 2 finger swipe down on the > screen. I'm not sure how you use it with voiceover, as I usually have voice > over turned off when I'm using screen speak. It basically read the content of > whatever is on the screen in an app. For example if you're in iBooks it will > start reading whatever book you have open. Hope this helps > > 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 Feb 25, 2015, at 5:26 PM, Rose Combs <roseco...@q.com> wrote: >> >> Sorry, I have gotten behind and have been stressed. Can some briefly >> describe this feature we are talking about? I know there is a video but I >> seldom do those. >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Pete Nalda >> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7:41 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Audio Demo of the iOS 8 Speak Screen Feature >> >> This sort of happened to me too last night. I tried to invoke the feature in >> facebook, then it took me opening and closing three or four apps, then >> finally in iBooks it started working again. >> >> 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 Feb 25, 2015, at 6:37 AM, Devin Prater <r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> When I do speak screen a few times, after the second time, it doesn't work. >> I swipe down with 2 fingers from the status bar, the pause, fast forward and >> all are displayed, but there is no speech. As I said, it works for around 2 >> times, then stops speaking when envoked more than twice. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 25, 2015, at 6:34 AM, Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> About conflict between speek screen and dictation if one cannot start >> dictation with 2 finger double-tap it's also possible to just locate the >> dictate button to the left of the space bar and activate it with a 1 finger >> double-tap >> >> Hth, >> >> Ioana . >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 10:32 PM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Hi guys. One time I used the speak screen feature and I noticed that it >> actually treats it as if you were listening to music. That means while it's >> reading, you can do a two finger double tap to toggle reading. I found this >> out when I was reading an email on my phone. I was getting tired of >> Voiceover interrupting itself so I did the speak screen command. I wanted it >> to stop reading so I tried a two-finger double tap thinking that it would >> stop reading and it did. But when I tried to dictate a text message with >> that same command, speak screen starting reading that email again. I had to >> restart the phone because it wouldn't let me dictate my message because of >> speak screen. >> >> Shawn >> Sent From My White Macbook >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Jonathan Mosen >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 8:27 PM >> Subject: Re: Audio Demo of the iOS 8 Speak Screen Feature >> >> Hi Ioana. Have you verified that Kindle isn't working? It isn't for me, but >> another user tells me it is working well for her, so it would be interesting >> to see if others get better results than I have. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >> On 25/02/2015, at 2:10 pm, Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Great information! >> >> Right after hearing about this great feature I went to the Kindle app and >> wrote them requesting nicely that they implement better page scroll in with >> speak screen. I encourage everyone to do the same. >> >> What a nice thing that after all these years of working with the iPhone I >> can still be surprised by hidden gems like this one. >> >> Thanks >> >> Ioana >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 7:41 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks for that direct link, Jonathan. I use iBooks a lot, and this will >> come in handy, although I am not a student. It would be really wonderful if >> it worked with the Kindle app. But I guess you can't have everything. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 2:52 PM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: >> >> Hi Keith, you could try signing in if you have an Audioboom account, there >> seems to be either a change of policy or a bug somewhere because people not >> signed in appear not to be able to play it. Here also is a direct link to >> the MP3. >> http://audioboom.com/boos/2927053-ios-8-s-speak-screen-feature-listen-to-ibooks-with-your-screen-locked-and-more.mp3 >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org >> >> On 25/02/2015, at 11:36 am, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. >> <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: >> >> I can’t get it to play. Do I have to sign in? I click the Play button and >> nothing happens. >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Jonathan Mosen >> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 4:23 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Audio Demo of the iOS 8 Speak Screen Feature >> Hi everyone, a client of mine is a student who uses iBooks a lot. He was >> getting frustrated with not having a method to listen to iBooks without >> locking the screen and without notifications interrupting the book. After I >> showed him how this was possible using the speak screen feature, he >> suggested I do an audio presentation about this for others who didn't know >> about this iOS 8 benefit. A lot of VoiceOver users think that Speak Screen >> has no benefits for them, but it's a great feature. 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