On your Android phone or tablet, you can ask your Google Assistant to read web pages out loud.
Important: You can’t create new Family Notes, but you can still view and save existing notes.
What you need
- Android 5.0 or above
- The Assistant language set to "English"
- The Google app, version 10.96 or above
Ask your Google Assistant to read a web page out loud
- On your Android phone or tablet, go to a web page with Google Chrome
, the Google app
, or the Google News app
.
- Say "Hey Google," then say a command. For example:
- "Read this page."
- "Read it."
- "Read aloud."
, the Google app 
.Make your Smart Display or Smart Clock more accessible
You can customize your Smart Display or Smart Clock with accessibility settings.
Important: The languages you can use depend on the device. Learn which languages work on your device.
Change accessibility settings
Important: Make sure your phone or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your device.
- Open the Google Home app
.
- At the bottom, tap Home
.
- Touch and hold your device.
- At the top right, tap Device settings
Accessibility.
- Choose which settings you want to turn on or off.
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Use TalkBack gestures
When you turn on the Screen reader, you can use TalkBack gestures to navigate the screen and understand what’s on it.
Learn what's on the screen
- Explore items on the screen: Move one finger along the screen. The item under your finger will be highlighted and read.
- Open a selected item: Double tap with one finger.
- Select the next item and read it: Swipe from left to right with one finger.
- Select the previous item and read it: Swipe right to left with one finger.
- Open quick settings: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen with 2 fingers.
- Find media controls: Tap the screen with 2 fingers.
- Return to home screen: From the left half of the screen, swipe left with 2 fingers, or say "Hey Google, go to home."
- Return to ambient screen: To find the screen saver, from the left edge of the screen, swipe right with 2 fingers.
Mute your devices
- Silence TalkBack speech: Tap the screen with one finger.
- Silence Google Assistant speech: Tap the screen with 2 fingers.
Change navigation gestures
You can change how you explore the screen. By default, TalkBack navigates by items on the screen. You can change it so it uses character, word, line, paragraph, heading, link, or control instead.
- To choose how you want to navigate, swipe up or down.
- To navigate, swipe left and right.
- To use the default navigation, swipe up or down.
- Select Default.
Change Talkback settings
- Swipe down and then right in a single gesture.
- Place a finger on "TalkBack settings." You can also swipe left or right on it.
- To open an item, double tap it.
- To exit, swipe down then left in a single gesture.