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Does Spoken work with a screen reader?
Spoken can be used with screen readers, including Apple’s VoiceOver and Android’s TalkBack. This makes it accessible to blind and low-vision users.
Can’t hear your voice?
For Apple users, we suggest turning Audio Ducking off in VoiceOver’s settings so your speech will play at full volume. When this setting is on, Spoken can be hard to hear, even when VoiceOver is not speaking over it.
You can find this option in Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Audio > Audio Ducking.
Screen reader talking too much?
Using a screen reader with an app can get overwhelming quickly. Fortunately, you can adjust their settings to decrease how much they say when you focus on an element.
On Android, go to Settings > Accessibility > TalkBack > Settings > Verbosity, then toggle off “Speak usage hints.” After that, TalkBack will only read the label and role of an element instead of explaining how to use it. There are a few other toggles in Verbosity settings that you may also wish to turn off, like “Speak container info.” If you don’t need to hear roles, you can even turn those off with “Speak element type.”
On iOS, go to Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Verbosity, then toggle off “Speak Hints.” After that, VoiceOver will only read the label and role of an element.
Need additional screen reader help?
You can find the official guides for TalkBack and VoiceOver here:
Contact us about accessibility
If you find anything in Spoken that seems inaccessible or could be improved, please reach out. Your feedback is important to us!
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About Spoken
Spoken is an app that helps people with aphasia, nonverbal autism, and other speech and language disorders.