Kindle: Let books read out - how it works

Let your Kindle read you something. This practical tip shows you how to turn an ordinary book into an audio book.

Kindle for Android: read books with TalkBack

TalkBack from Google supports the entire Kindle reading app with audio support.

1. Navigate to the settings on your Android device.
2. Go to "Accessibility" and then "TalkBack".
3. You can now switch the app on or off here.

Kindle for iOS: read books with VoiceOver

Even as an iOS user, you do not have to do without Kindle language support. With VoiceOver you get audio services for eBooks, magazines and many other functions.

1. Touch the "Settings" menu item.
2. Select the entry "General" and then the option "Accessibility".
3. Go to "See" and navigate to "VoiceOver".
4. Now you can either activate or deactivate the app.

Listen to text on Kindle with text-to-speech

You can have most content read to you directly from your Kindle using text-to-speech.

• You can activate this function in the product information on the product page of your eBook, if it is available for the title.
• As you read, tap the center of the Kindle screen, then tap the three-dot icon.
• Go to "Additional Settings" and set Text-to-Speech to "On".
• To start playback, tap the screen again and then tap the arrow icon.
• You can increase or decrease the reading speed by tapping the icon that looks like a speedometer.
• If you read a book in a foreign language, the appropriate text-to-speech voice for that language can be downloaded.
• To do this, tap the download request. You will find this at the bottom of the progress bar.
• Note: The text-to-speech feature is only available on Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire HDX, Amazon Echo, Amazon Tap and Amazon Echo Dot. An audio adapter is available for the 7th generation Kindle Paperwhite. However, you are currently not getting this in Germany.

You can find out how Amazon's eBook flat rate works in the next post.