Listen to Genie App content while you drive!
Does time spent behind the wheel take away from you honing your skills?
Using basic accessibility tools, your phone can read Genie App content while you drive!
iOS Users
On an iPhone with CarPlay, the easiest path is to let iOS do the reading and then play that audio through the car—either directly from Safari or via a dedicated text‑to‑speech app
Option 1 - iOS Speak Screen
Turn on Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Speak Screen once; then, whenever you’re on a Whale page in Safari, swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen to have iOS read everything on the screen.
This method is less picky than Reader mode and will usually read app‑style pages, and the speech audio will also play through CarPlay like other iPhone audio.
Option 2 – Dedicated TTS apps that support CarPlay
Apps like Speech Central are designed specifically to read documents/web pages and integrate with CarPlay, letting you queue content and control playback from the car screen.
The workflow is typically: share the Whale page or its text to the app, let it create an “article” or “episode,” then listen through CarPlay with simple next/previous controls.
Given you’re on iPhone with CarPlay, starting with Safari’s Listen to Page and Speak Screen is lowest friction; if you end up listening to Whale content daily, a CarPlay‑aware TTS app like Speech Central will feel more like a proper company podcast.
Android Users
Option 1 – Use a “read aloud” browser/extension app
If you open Whale in Chrome or another Android browser, a dedicated read‑aloud app is usually the smoothest experience.
Good options:
Read Aloud / text‑to‑speech browser extensions or apps (there are several in the Play Store) that add a floating button or share‑target; you share the page URL or text to the app and it reads it with TTS.
Many users like apps such as Speech Central, Voice Aloud Reader, or similar “read web pages aloud” tools on Android; they can queue pages and behave more like a listening playlist.
Typical workflow:
Open the Whale card in Chrome.
Use Android’s Share menu → pick your TTS app (“Read Aloud”, “Voice Aloud Reader”, etc.).
Start playback; audio goes through Bluetooth/Android Auto like music.
This is the Android equivalent of turning Whale content into a pseudo‑podcast while you drive.
Option 2 – Use Android Auto / Assistant Driving Mode with a TTS app
If you use Android Auto in the car:
Start Android Auto (built‑in or on your phone’s screen).
Launch your chosen TTS app (for example, Voice Aloud Reader) inside or before Android Auto.
Start playback of the article text; Android Auto will play the audio through the car, and you control it with steering‑wheel or voice controls.
While Android Auto is primarily optimized for messages and navigation, it will play any audio app, so once the TTS app is reading the page, you’re hands‑free.
Option 3 – Use built‑in Select‑to‑Speak / TalkBack (less ideal while driving)
Android has accessibility features that can read screen content:
Turn on Select‑to‑Speak or TalkBack under Settings → Accessibility.
Open the Whale card in Chrome.
Use Select‑to‑Speak to tap the region of text you want read.
This works technically, but the interface isn’t really optimized for driving; a dedicated TTS reader plus Android Auto is usually safer and smoother.
Generic Browser Options:
Safari (iPhone/iPad and Mac)
On iOS/iPadOS 17–18, open the page in Safari, tap the “aA” button in the address bar, then choose Listen to Page; Safari will read the main page text aloud and you can control speed and playback.
As an alternative or backup, enable Speak Screen in Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content, then use the two‑finger swipe‑down gesture to have iOS read whatever is on the screen in Safari.
Microsoft Edge
Edge has a built‑in Read Aloud feature that reads webpage text and shows a small playback toolbar (play/pause, skip paragraph, voice and speed options).
To use it, open the page, enter Immersive Reader (book icon) if available, then click Read Aloud in the toolbar; it works on most article‑style pages and many app screens.
Google Chrome (and other Chromium browsers)
Install a text‑to‑speech extension such as Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader from the Chrome Web Store, then click its icon on any page you want read; it supports many websites and multiple languages.
Newer AI‑voice extensions like ElevenReader or Voice Out can also turn web pages into more natural‑sounding audio with one click, and some support saving pages to listen later like a playlist.