From dc5300be834654b73a5efa80999246c33c711c66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 07:10:08 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] String changes --- manual/viewer.rst | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/manual/viewer.rst b/manual/viewer.rst index e17e180a33..5af7a74d1a 100644 --- a/manual/viewer.rst +++ b/manual/viewer.rst @@ -131,15 +131,20 @@ the username of the Content server viewer to sync with. Use the special value Read aloud ------------ -The viewer can read book text aloud. To use it you can simply click th +The viewer can read book text aloud. To use it you can simply click the :guilabel:`Read aloud` button in the viewer controls to start reading book text -aloud. The word being currently read is highlighted. +aloud. The word being currently read is highlighted. Speech is synthesized from +the text using your operating system services for text-to-speech. -You can also read aloud highlighted passages by adding the read aloud button to +You can also read aloud highlighted passages by adding the :guilabel:`Read aloud` button to the selection bar in the viewer preferences under :guilabel:`Selection behavior`. +.. note:: On Linux, :guilabel:`Read aloud` requires `Speech Dispatcher + `_ to be installed and working. + + Customizing the look and feel of your reading experience ------------------------------------------------------------