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Now you can listen to anything in the Gospel Library app. If it doesn’t already have a pre-recorded audio, you can now use the text-to-speech capability for all the content in the app.
Just tap the headphones icon and it will play the pre-recorded audio (if available) or if none is available, it will use the text-to-speech function. You can even choose your preferred regional dialect.
Text-to-speech was previously available on Android, but is now also available on Apple iOS devices.
Learn how to use the various functions in the Gospel Library user guides for Apple iOS and Android.
ScottHJuly 28, 2020
While this is a cool feature, it appears (on my Android phone anyway) that text-to-speech always plays at 1x speed, regardless of what speed you choose in the audio settings. If text-to-speech is incapable of playing at other speeds, it seems that the audio speed setting should be disabled for text-to-speech. Text-to-speech provides a mediocre listening experience complete with pronunciation and timing quirks that give it an inhuman feel. It's no match for a real voice over reading.