How to Use the Assistive Reader in Kindle Apps
Assistive Reader provides you with new options to control TTS (Text-to-Speech) on the free Kindle app for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, Mac, and Fire tablets.
Assistive Reader Basics
With Assistive Reader, you can use built-in audio controls in the Kindle app, as well as real-time text highlighting while listening.
Assistive Reader uses your device's OS-level Text-to-Speech engines to read aloud the text of the book.
Assistive Reader automatically pauses when you’re no longer reading, such as when you open the navigation menu or make an annotation (highlights or notes).
Assistive Reader works with any Kindle book with Enhanced Typesetting. To learn if a book supports Enhanced Typesetting, go to the Kindle eBook Store and look for "Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled" in the features list.
The Assistive Reader supports books that are:
- Purchased from the Kindle store; or
- Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited or Prime Reading, or other official Kindle partner sources; or
- Shared with you in your Family Library.
Books must also be available in a language supported by your device's Text-to-Speech engine.
Turn On Assistive Reader
- Open the Kindle app on your iOS, Android, or Fire Tablet device.
- Open the content where you'd like to use Assistive Reader. Once you turn on Assistive Reader, it remains available until you turn it off again.
- Select the top center of the screen, and then the reading settings menu, Aa.
- Select More, and then turn on Assistive Reader.
- To display the player controls, tap the screen. You can control the reading speed, or rewind by 30 seconds using the player controls at the bottom of the screen.
