User's Guide

KINDLE DX USER’S GUIDE 3

EDITION Chapter 3 · 88

For PDF ﬁles and books which the rights holder does not allow Text-to-Speech to read

aloud their content, then “Text-to-Speech” will be grayed and you will not be able

to select it.

By default, content is spoken with a male voice, but using the 5-way you can select a

female speaking voice. You can also slow down or increase the rate of speech. Text-to-

Speech can be turned off by pressing the Text key and selecting “pause” or “turn off.”

Tip: You can also play or stop Text-to-Speech by holding down the Shift key

and pressing the Symbol key . You can pause and resume Text-to-Speech by

pressing the Spacebar. Text-to-Speech continues playing even if you put your Kindle

to sleep by sliding and releasing the power button. Sleeping your Kindle while Text-to-

Speech is playing allows you to continue listening but locks all of the keys and buttons

so you don’t inadvertently press one.