You can read books and magazines or listen to music in Google Play using a screen reader.
You can read books and magazines or listen to music in Google Play using the TalkBack screen reader. Learn how to turn on TalkBack.
Note: TalkBack is not available for all formats.
Find and listen to books and movies
Find and read booksFind your book
- If you haven’t already, turn on TalkBack.
- Open Play Books
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- Explore the app to find a book:
- Tabs: At the bottom, you’ll find tabs like 'Home', 'Shop', and 'Library' or 'My library'. Some of these might take you out of the app.
- Navigation drawer: At the top left, you’ll find the navigation drawer. Open to explore Shop, Help and feedback and Settings.
- 'Home': Search for a book that you don’t have and download it.
Read a book
- If you haven’t already, turn on TalkBack.
- Open Play Books
- If you already have the book, find it in the 'Library' or 'Home' screens.
- If you don’t have the book, search for it at the top of the 'Home' screen, then pick a result and download the book.
- Open the book.
- Tap the screen, then double-tap to enter skim mode.
- Select More
Read aloud.
- To move through the text on a page, swipe.
- To flip pages, two-finger swipe left or right.
Read aloud.
Navigate movies
- If you haven’t already, turn on TalkBack.
- Open Play Movies
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- On the home screen, swipe or touch to explore the screen.
- As you swipe, you will navigate through the list of movies/buttons.
- To get the details of the movies, double tap on the buttons.
- Long press to open additional actions (thumbs up/down, add/remove from wishlist).
.Play a movie
- If you haven’t already, turn on TalkBack.
- Open Play Movies
- You can play a movie that you purchased, or play a trailer of the movie that is recommended for you.
- Play a movie: Double-tap on the movie button to get to the details page. Then double-tap on the Play button.
- Find other options: From the Play Movies home page, tap and hold to show other options.
Tips and tricks
- The Navigation drawer and tabs are on most screens, so you can use them as landmarks.
- If you can’t find the Navigation drawer, open it with a two-finger swipe right.