topic Accessibility select to speak on S24U? in Galaxy S24

Accessibility select to speak on S24U?

xkhx — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:13:52 GMT

Coming from S20 Plus to the S24 Ultra. I use Select to Speak very often bc when it comes to trying to read long paragraphs, itll start to make my eyes blurry and I get lost in the sentences.

That feature seems to not be anywhere on the new S24 Ultra. Im actually pretty upset over this and I don't know what to do. Why would they take away helpful features?!

If someone happened to know where it is, maybe called something else, please please let me know.

Heres a picture of where it is on my old phone.

Edit

Okay so I keep adding the picture and it just doesn't show up? I'm about to just return this and stick with my S20.

Re: Accessibility select to speak on S24U?

SamsungModerator1 — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:06:21 GMT

Hello, thank you for your feedback. Spoken assistance settings will make it easy for you to type and listen to videos. There are multiple options to choose from, such as turning on Bixby Vision and hearing words read aloud to you. Your phone can read text aloud to you while you’re typing. You can also enable audio descriptions when watching videos, or use various Bixby Vision options with the Camera app.

Navigate to and open Settings, then tap Accessibility, and then tap Spoken assistance. The following options will be available:

Speak keyboard input aloud: Your phone will read characters and words to you. You can select from Characters, Words, or Words and characters, as well as enable an accessibility shortcut. To hear deleted characters, tap the switch next to Read deleted characters aloud. To hear the phonetic alphabet instead of a letter name when your phone reads letters, tap the switch next to Phonetic alphabet.

Audio description: Automatically select the audio soundtrack with an audio description when watching videos. This will only be selected if it is available.

Bixby Vision for accessibility: Use different Bixby Vision features with the Camera app. You can enable Scene describer, Object identifier, Text reader, and Color detector. Tap Open Bixby Vision to be taken to the Bixby Vision screen in the Camera app.

Voice Label: Use NFC tags to write voice recordings. You will need to download Voice Recorder to use Voice Label; tap Voice Label, and then tap Download when prompted.

Re: Re: Accessibility select to speak on S24U?

xkhx — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:09:24 GMT

I appreciate the time you took to put all that out but i hate to say that unfortunately, I've already been through all of those options.
What exactly I'm looking for is when ever I have any text at all on my screen, I'd be able to select specific parts of that text and it would be read outloud. ONLY the section I select and nothing more. That's what I need and it used to be called "select to speak" under "Advanced Setting" which is under "Accessibility".
I think if I understand correctly, the year before this one, S23 Ultra has the feature that my S20 Plus had. But it's looking like Samsung took away this feature from the new S24 Ultra. And if that's the case, then I'm fairly upset over it.
Nonetheless, thank you for taking the time to read and respond to me.

Re: Re: Accessibility select to speak on S24U?

Niknak20 — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:18:20 GMT

We just solved the issue! My partner and I had the same issue. You have to download the latest accessibility suite on Google play. It works just like it used to now!

Re: Re: Re: Accessibility select to speak on S24U?

xkhx — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 05:10:40 GMT

Oh. My. Gosh.
If I could heart your comment a million times, I would!!!
Thank you so much for coming back here and letting me know!
I can't tell you how this was almost a deal breaker with this phone bc I used Select to Speak almost everyday on my old phone.
Thank you SO much, you dont even know! 🥰🥰🥰