How Do I Listen to my Books?

All Logos books feature the option to read the text aloud using the system narrator or, in some resources, a recorded human narrator. Here’s how to access and use the feature.

Note

Note: This feature is available to all users.

Desktop

Skip ahead to:

Start/Stop Reading
Media Player Controls
Change Narrator
Use a Different System Narrator Voice

Start/Stop Reading

Navigate to the passage you want to hear.
Press Ctrl+R (Windows) or Cmd+R (Mac) to begin narration.
A media player bar appears at the bottom right.
Press Ctrl+R / Cmd+R again to stop narration and close the media player bar.

Media Player Controls

The media controls are:

and stop or start narration without closing the media player bar
The title of the resource being read
The progress slider and elapsed time in the chapter (or section)

Note

Note: Elapsed time is based on 1x speed and does not change when the reading speed is altered.
rewinds the audio playback by 30 seconds
The narration speed button allows you to choose the narration speed from 1x through 1.4x, 2x, and .75x.
X closes the media player and stops playback.

Change Narrator

For resources with a custom narrator, such as the LEB (New Testament) and ESV, you can switch between the human and system narrator.

Open the Bible's Tools tab.
Click Read Aloud.
Select a human narrator or the System Narrator (the option of using a human narrator is only available for the ESV and LEB).

Note

Note: Selecting Show word by word indicator activates a small gray dot that synchronizes with the narration. This option is only available when using "custom voices" (i.e. not the system narrator) and is therefore limited to the ESV and LEB. When reading in other Bibles, an orange circle appears briefly indicating the start of each new verse.

Use a Different System Narrator Voice

Follow the steps below if you are using Windows and wish to select a different system narrator voice - for example if you want to listen to your books in a different language.

Press + R to bring up the Windows Run panel
Copy and paste the following snippet into the Open box, and press OK.

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL "C:\WINDOWS\system32\Speech\SpeechUX\sapi.cpl"
Choose the desired voice in the Voice Selection selector.
Press OK to confirm your choice.

Note

Note: The change of voice only comes info effect when you start reading a book aloud. If you are already reading a book, the original voice continues until you close and reopen the book.

To download new language packs so you can listen to books in different languages, follow the instructions provided here and restart your computer. Ensure you select a language with the Text-to-speech option. Text-to-speech Icon .

Mobile

Tap the audio icon Audio Control - Volume High icon at the top of your book to start audio playback. This will open a small panel at the bottom of the resource showing some simple controls providing the ability to start and stop the audio playing, to skip forward or backward by single verses or whole chapters, and to adjust the speed of the narration.