Xiaomi How to Set up "Select to Speak"
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Select to Speak
If we activate the "Select to Speak" function on the Xiaomi smartphone, we can have screen contents read aloud to us by tapping on an item. If we tap on the symbol in the navigation bar, we have the following control options:
- Tap on a specific element, such as text or an image.
- Drag your finger across the screen to select multiple items.
- Tap on the "Play" button to listen to the text.
Note: If we activate "Select to Speak", an additional symbol appears in the lower right-hand corner of the navigation bar, above which the playback functions can be accessed.








- Open the Settings
- Tap on Additional settings
- Tap on Accessibility
- Tap on Vision
- Tap on Select to Speak
- Enable or disable Accessibility
- Tap on Allow
- Tap on Start now
Read in background
If we activate "Read in background" of the Xiaomi smartphone, the app will continue reading without stopping when we change the app. But we are advised that this is an experimental feature and may contain errors.







- Open the Settings
- Tap on Additional settings
- Tap on Accessibility
- Tap on Vision
- Tap on Select to Speak
- Open the Settings
- Enable or disable Read in background
Voice output
Similar to the TalkBack function, we can adjust the speech output, we can change the language, the speaking speed and the voice pitch.
Note: In this manual we only increase the speaking rate, other options can be reached the same way.








- Open the Settings
- Tap on Additional settings
- Tap on Accessibility
- Tap on Vision
- Tap on Select to Speak
- Open the Settings
- Tap on Text to speech settings
- Adjust the Text-to-speech settings
Read text on images
If this feature is enabled on the Xiaomi smartphone, we can have text in photos or in the camera viewfinder read aloud to us, but we are advised that this is an experimental feature and may not work properly.







- Open the Settings
- Tap on Additional settings
- Tap on Accessibility
- Tap on Vision
- Tap on Select to Speak
- Open the Settings
- Enable or disable Read text on images