Use Listen to this page mode in Chrome

You can listen to the text you read on a website on your Android device and:

• Play, pause, rewind, or fast forward while you read.
• Change the playback speed.
• Select your preferred voice.
• Turn on or off text highlighting & auto scroll.

The languages available in Listen to this page mode are Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Change Chrome languages & translate webpages.

Use Listen to this page on your device

Important: Listen to this page isn't available yet on all websites. When a page isn't available for playback, the Listen to this page menu item won’t appear in the overflow menu.

1. On your Android device, open Chrome .
2. Go to a website with text that you’d like to read.
3. At the top right, tap More Listen to this page .
   • To exit Listen to this page mode: Tap Close .

Tips:

• You can continue to browse the current website or switch to different tabs while you listen to a text.
• You can continue to listen to text even if your screen is locked.

Manage your playback options

1. On your Android device, open Chrome .
2. Go to a website with text that you’d like to read.
3. At the top right, tap More Listen to this page .
4. To manage playback options, tap the player.
   • To change the playback speed: Tap 1.0x.
5. At the bottom right, tap Options . You can:
   • Choose a voice: Tap Voice .
     • To preview a voice: Tap Preview .
   • Turn on or off text highlighting: Turn on or off Highlight text & auto scroll.

Related resources

• Use Reading mode in the Side panel
• Change text & display settings
• Use Select to Speak
• Use Page Zoom for Chrome on Android
• Get started on Android with TalkBack