So, you have ChatGPT generate a response for you, but it’s just too long to read. Well, with as detailed and meticulous ChatGPT can be with his answers, this is bound to happen from time to time. Well, fear not, as ChatGPT can now read your answers aloud.
OpenAI posted a video to its official X account, to announce this news. It’s first launching this feature to the iOS and Android versions of the app. It announced that it’s going to be rolling this out to the web version as well.
ChatGPT is getting a read-aloud feature
We see this in version 1.2024.052 of the Android app. In order to activate the Read Aloud feature, go to a conversation and hold your finger down on one of ChatGPT’s answers. You will see a little drop-down menu open up. The bottom option will be Read aloud.
When you tap on the option, you will see a little control panel appear at the top of the screen. This will show you the duration of the read-aloud session along with how much time has elapsed. Along with that, you’ll see four controls. The first control, which looks like a stop button with an arrow and circling it, will enable/disable the auto-read-back function. When enabled, the app will automatically read back your responses every time you ask ChatGPT something. It will only do this if the panel is still visible.
The next two buttons will jump forward 10 seconds and jump backward 10 seconds. Also, the last button will close the panel.
Using this feature on the web will be a little bit different. Rather than tapping and holding on a message, you will just roll your mouse over the message and click on the Read aloud button that appears under it. However, this feature is not currently available for the web version, so it’s coming soon.
If you don’t see this feature for your app, make sure that it is fully updated. Depending on your region, there’s a chance that you’ll need to wait a bit.
