One option will be selected: either the device's text-to-speech engine or the Google text to speech Engine.Open your device Apps > Settings > Language and input > Text to Speech options.Choose either Default or Enhanced Quality. When you go back to your book, it will read to you in English.Tap Voice, then tap the voice you'd like to use.Select the language and dialect you want. If this is not set to English, tap Add New Language.Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech.Please look for the “ Text-to-speech” next to the language pack selection before downloading the language pack. *Not all languages support text to speech. Microsoft Davidis English, Microsoft Claude is French, Microsoft Raul is Spanish). The voices do not state what language they are in therefore, you’ll want to click on the Preview voice box to sample the voice. Click Voice: drop-down and select a voice.After reboot, go to Start > Settings with the Windows Settings in view, select Time & Language, then choose Speech (on the left pane).After installation of the language, restart the computer.Select Add a language and choose the language you want from the list*.Go to Start > Settings > Time & Language > Region & Language.When you go back to your book, it will read to you in English. Once it's downloaded, you'll want to change the System Voice to the one you just downloaded.

If you do not see an English voice, select ' Personalize.' Start typing in English (this will need to be in the language of your system), and then pick one of the names.Under System Voice, click on the current name.Open your System Preferences > Accessibility > Voice (on the left-hand side).

(Note: For books in another language, e.g., Portuguese, set your system voice to the language you are in, these directions are for setting the book to read in English with a US accent) Change the system default language to an English-US voice for the best reading experience. When you use the Read Aloud feature of the Bookshelf App, it is reading in a different language or with a strange accent and not English.īookshelf uses the default voices on your computer or mobile device to read. My book is reading in a different language or with a strange accent and not English.

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