You can read books, magazines, and news articles or listen to music in Google Play using a screen reader.
You can read books, magazines, and news articles 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, news & music
Find and read books
Find 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 & Feedback, and Settings.
- "Home": Search for a book 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.
Find and play movies
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 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.
Read the news
Navigate news articles
- If you haven’t already, turn on TalkBack.
- Open Play Newsstand
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- You’ll be on the Home screen. Tabs at the bottom let you navigate to different places inside the app, such as "For You," "Library," "Explore," and "Read Later."
- Navigation drawer: At the top left.
- For You: At the bottom left. This tab has suggested news articles.
- Library: At the bottom. This tab has your sources and topics of interest.
- Explore: At the bottom. This tab has a list of topics you can add to your Library.
- Read Later: At the bottom right. This tab contains articles you’ve saved to read later.
Read an article
- If you haven’t already, turn on TalkBack.
- Open Play Newsstand
- Swipe or explore by touch to find an article, then double-tap it to start reading
- Optional: To save the article for later, go to the top right and select Read later
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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.