Troubleshooting Text to Voice Acting Funny

kansascatholic · 05-18-2012, 11:12 AM

Hello everyone,
I joined here to ask a question. My Kindle keyboard has had the problem of reading stuff out loud that it normally shouldn't. I've never seen it act like this before. I was in an ebook and I meant to hit home but went to the menu instead. I hit immediately hit home once the menu popped up, but now my Kindle's text to speech reads off the parts that my cursor is on. For instance, it reads out loud "Kindle User's Guide, 3rd. ed. Amazon, Item 3 of 9." When I change the page to the next set of books, it says "Page 2 of 22" then reads the title of the book and the author. When I hit Menu, it reads the things my cursor is on. When it goes to the screen saver, it even says "Screen saver" out loud. I tried restarting my Kindle, but it still continues to do it. What can I do to fix this?
Thanks!
Brad

kansascatholic · 05-18-2012, 11:17 AM

I might also add that when I open the book, it tells the name of the book, the location and the percentage of the book that has been read.

susan_cassidy · 05-18-2012, 12:27 PM

You've accidentally turned Voice Guide on. Go to the menu to turn it off.

kansascatholic · 05-18-2012, 01:01 PM

Thank you, that worked.

RainingLemur · 05-18-2012, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

You've accidentally turned Voice Guide on. Go to the menu to turn it off.

This happened to me when I was fiddling around with some settings. Kinda creeped me out and made me wonder if my Kindle was about to say, "Hello, Dave" out of the blue.

crich70 · 05-19-2012, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RainingLemur

This happened to me when I was fiddling around with some settings. Kinda creeped me out and made me wonder if my Kindle was about to say, "Hello, Dave" out of the blue.

As long as no strange monoliths appear in your front yard out of the blue I'd guess you're safe RainingLemur. lol.

05-18-2012, 11:12 AM	#1
kansascatholic Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Text to Voice Acting Funny Hello everyone, I joined here to ask a question. My Kindle keyboard has had the problem of reading stuff out loud that it normally shouldn't. I've never seen it act like this before. I was in an ebook and I meant to hit home but went to the menu instead. I hit immediately hit home once the menu popped up, but now my Kindle's text to speech reads off the parts that my cursor is on. For instance, it reads out loud "Kindle User's Guide, 3rd. ed. Amazon, Item 3 of 9." When I change the page to the next set of books, it says "Page 2 of 22" then reads the title of the book and the author. When I hit Menu, it reads the things my cursor is on. When it goes to the screen saver, it even says "Screen saver" out loud. I tried restarting my Kindle, but it still continues to do it. What can I do to fix this? Thanks! Brad Last edited by kansascatholic; 05-18-2012 at 11:19 AM.

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05-18-2012, 11:17 AM	#2
kansascatholic Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Keyboard	I might also add that when I open the book, it tells the name of the book, the location and the percentage of the book that has been read.

05-18-2012, 12:27 PM	#3
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	You've accidentally turned Voice Guide on. Go to the menu to turn it off.

05-18-2012, 01:01 PM	#4
kansascatholic Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Thank you, that worked.

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