How do I make Siri repeat arbitrary text?

[bollweevil]

On Planet Money, they have a recording of Siri saying how you should download the Planet Money App. How does one make Siri read an arbitrary piece of text?

 

[rsnc]

doesnt siri read text messages? maybe send one to yourself..

(i only have the 4 so i cant test this..)

 

[elistan]

Haven't played with it myself, but go here:
Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> VoiceOver.
It's not Siri in the sense of talking to a digital assistant, it's just using the bulti-in text-to-speech function.

 

[bollweevil]

That does work. Process:

1. Send yourself a text message.

2. Ask Siri, "Read me my text messages."

Siri will say, "You have a message from XXX", then Siri will pause for like 3 seconds, then Siri will read the message verbatim.

Things that do not work:

1. I could not get Siri to read a note. Siri will search for notes and display them, but will not read them.

2. I could not get Siri to read a web page aloud. Which is a bit weird, because I thought they implemented that feature for people with bad eyesight.

3. If you ask Siri a question, and Siri needs to query Wolfram Alpha, Siri will not read the result aloud. You have to look at the screen for the result. Which is unfortunate.