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Library

Before it is read aloud

Struck-through text will not be spoken. Change anything that looks wrong, then add it.

What to leave out

Page furniture Page numbers, running heads and feet, contents dot-leaders

Brackets and citations [editorial brackets] and refs like (cf. Jn 3:16), (p. 34), (1997)

Everything in round brackets Aggressive — in Luisa's text this removes real asides. Off unless you need it

Web addresses and footnote markers URLs, emails, and stray note numbers glued to a word

Pause between paragraphs Real silence on most Google voices; a gap between parts on Chirp 3 HD

Preview

Where to file it

Folder

Voice

Folder

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Characters–

Rough listening time–

Audio ready–

Worker

Worker URL App key

This month

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Spent–

Left–

Other apps

Let other apps keep playing Music from another app carries on underneath instead of being stopped

Try it and see. On iPhone, mixing and locked-screen playback are usually opposites for a web app — turning this on may stop narration when you lock the phone. If it does, leave it off for pocket listening and use it at the desk.

Storage

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Add this page to your Home Screen (Share → Add to Home Screen). Safari clears an ordinary site's stored audio after about a week of not visiting it, and only the installed version gets proper lock-screen controls.