Copy To Read - Text to Speech

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About this app

Don't want to read things yourself?

With Copy To Read - Text to Speech, simply copy some text, then listen as the text you copied is read back to you through text to speech. This text reading app can read text from any app, as long as the app grants you the ability to copy the text that you want spoken. It couldn't be any easier to have text spoken aloud to you. No need to import text into an app to have it read to you. While the text is being read to you, a notification will be displayed that you can tap on to stop reading at any time or tap the pause button to pause reading. You can also click the skip forward and backward buttons on the notification to skip through sentences within the text you copied. So no need to worry about accidentally copying text that you don't want to be spoken to you through text to speech.

How to use Copy To Read - Text to Speech?

Option 1 (Android 4.1+):
1. Start the Copy To Read Service (flip the toggle switch in the app or use the widget)
2. Copy some text to your clipboard (from any app)
3. Sit back and listen as the text you copied is read out loud by your phone to you

Option 2 (Android 6.0+) - Using a floating "Speak" button like in iOS:
1. Highlight some text by holding your finger down on it (from within any app)
2. Tap the "Speak" button within the floating menu (the menu that contains the copy button)
3. Sit back and listen as the text you highlighted is read out loud by your phone to you
- Note: this method only supports reading text up to 1000 characters long due to a limitation in the Android framework. Sorry.

Want to make Copy To Read - Text to Speech automatically start and stop the reader service when you connect to a certain Wi-Fi network or bluetooth device?

- You can accomplish this through using the app called Trigger or the app called Tasker (See below for instructions on using these methods).

Instructions for using Trigger:
1. Add a new task
2. Set your trigger type
3. Click the add new task button
4. Select "Open Activity" task under the "Applications & Shortcuts" section
5. Click next
6. Select application: Copy To Read
7. Select activity: StartReaderActivity or StopReaderActivity

Instructions for using Tasker:
1. Build a new profile that triggers using the type of event that you want (Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/other)
2. Link the profile to a new task
3. In the new task add a "Launch App" action under the "App" section
4. Find the Copy To Read app and hold down your finger on it for a few seconds
5. When the new dialog window appears select the StartReaderActivity or StopReaderActivity

Ratings and reviews

Exactly what I was looking for! Not sure why this app isn't 5 stars. It has the potential to save lives (when used while driving).. ONLY ONE PROBLEM! The text to speech truncates at 1000 characters! Any way to make it unlimited? Or at least bring the character count UP? I keep having to go back to the text, find where it stopped, re-highlight, and re-press "Speak"! VERY annoying problem to an otherwise perfect app.

I love this app. I use it daily!! With that being said, I use to be able to copy the text and it automatically would speak the text back but it does not work like that any longer. Am I missing something? I remember having to turn it on under settings(the copy feature) but it is not there any longer. Only reads when i click the three DOTS then MoRE then SPEAK. Was less clicking to just highlight the text & copy. Would Automatically read the text out loud.

I recently switched from iPhone to a galaxy s10e and I was disappointed that there was no feature built into android that allowed me to have selected or copied text read aloud to me while I drive and such. You sir just saved me from a lot of frustration I wish you could directly have long text messages read without having to paste the speech onto a keyboard first but it works wonders on other apps.I appreciate this app!

What's new

v2.0
- Added "Speak" button to floating menu that appears when text is highlighted

v1.5
- Added option to turn on/off the status bar icon for the persistent notification
- Adjusted the heads up notification to only have one button