Re: What is an easy way to get Android to speak the text of this web page?

Larry Wolff <larrywolff@larrywolff.net> wrote:

What is an easy way to get Android to speak the text of this web page?
 
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For text you select within an app, go to Android settings -> General ->
Accessibility, and under Services enable the "Select to Speak" option.
The navpath to the option will vary depending on make and model of
smartphone.

When I click on the "Select to Speak" option on my ancient Android 8.0
smartphone, its help says:

  When Select to Speak is on, you can tap specific items on your screen
  to hear them read aloud.

  Start Select to Speak. Then you can:

  - Tap a specific item, like text or an image.
  - Drag your finger across the screen to select multiple items.
  - Tap the play button to hear everything on screen.
  - Select text that appears inside the Camera view.

If, however, you are trying to get your web browser to speak out the web
pages it renders since you mentioned "web page" and gave a URL, some web
browsers have a "read aloud" option, or you install an add-on to provide
the feature.  You never mentioned which web browser you use.  For
Firefox, you can install the Read Aloud text-to-speech voice reader.
There are probably other text-to-speech add-ons for Firefox.  However,
don't visit addons.mozilla.org to find them.  Firefox Android allows
add-ons from a curated list, so go to its settings -> Extensions ->
Extension Manager, scroll to the bottom, and select "Find more
extensions".  Read Aloud is one of those listed.  I've never used them,
so cannot recommend which text-to-speech add-on works well, or best.

If you're using a different Android web browser, do an online search on
"<webbrowser> text to speech" to see if the web browser has the feature,
or add "add-on" or "extension" to the search to find add-ons to add the
feature.