WhatsApp has today become one of the most widely used instant messaging applications, because from this application, you can make unlimited use of these messages, through the use of a data network from your telephone company, or from a Wi-Fi network.
With this application it is possible to send any type of message, be it text, images, videos and even voice notes, thus allowing accessibility to the user in different ways.
It is also possible to have your cell phone read these text messages on loudspeaker so that you can listen to them, which is ideal for those who have some visual difficulty. This can be done by changing your phone’s settings or by using apps.
Listen to WhatsApp text messages on Android
From our Android devices, it is possible to listen to our messages, thanks to a virtual assistant, which is also installed by default, which can help us with our goal of reading text messages.
The main virtual assistant of Android is “Google assistant”, it will help you to listen not only WhatsApp text messages, but any other messages from other application you want. Just follow the steps below:
- Once on your cell phone, you must enter the application panel and click on the “settings” application.
- Then you must go to where it says “notifications”. Press on this.
- You look for the option “access to notifications” and once there we only have to activate the Google option.
- After this, you just have to say the following command to your Google assistant “ok Google, read my messages.
Sometimes it is possible that the assistant does not recognize commands in Spanish, so you can say it in English “ok Google read my messages”. In this way the assistant will read the messages that are in the notifications.
Assistant on Samsung devices
It is also possible to read any message or statement from our Samsung devices, by activating the voice assistant function, which is achieved in the following way:
- Once on your cell phone, you must go to the central panel of applications and go to where it is “settings”. Press.
- Already inside this, you must slide and press where it says accessibility.
- You press where it says ‘vision’ and then on ‘voice assistant’.
- Once there, just activate the assistant switch.
- Immediately this happens, the cell phone will show you and teach you step by step to make use of this assistant.
One of the problems of this, is how tedious it becomes to handle the cell phone, because things change a little, an advantage is that you can read everything that is written
Using OK Google
Ok Google is a form of Google’s voice assistant, which allows you to access different parts, applications and functions of your phone simply by using your voice. It’s very simple to use, since you only have to press and hold the start or ‘home’ button, immediately afterwards the voice assistant will appear, to which you will say ‘Ok Google, read my messages’.
If it is the first time that you use this application, it is most likely that you will have to provide access to messaging and notifications. We will get a bar, we will give it ‘accept’, to later provide the necessary access to the notification bar and obviously, to our messages.
Once we have granted the necessary permissions so that the voice assistant can access our messages, we can enjoy this. But you will ask yourself, how does it work? It is quite simple. After having said ‘Ok Google’, it will access our notification bar and will read us message, by message, be it from WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, SMS, etc. In order and with the name of the issuer.
Ok Google is one of the most efficient assistants that we will have, although of course, to use this tool we will have to have access to a network, either through data or Wi-Fi.
macrodroid
MacroDroid is an application that allows you to create a ton of tools capable of providing you with great automation as far as the use of your Android system is concerned. With MacroDroid, you will be able to design different macros, in order to trigger a lot of automated tasks.
However, MacroDroid is also capable of having our messages read aloud automatically, thus giving us the freedom to do different tasks without the need to be 100% aware of our mobile, tasks such as cooking, washing dishes , driving etc.
In order to automate the reading of WhatsApp messages with this application, you will have to follow a series of steps, such as:
- To begin with, we will locate the main menu and the option that says ‘Create Macro’.
- We will have to go to the activation part, in which we will proceed to provide all the permissions related to the ‘Notifications’ part.
- After having granted the permissions, we will proceed to return to the notifications part, but this time we will select the option that says ‘Notification received (Accept).
- Then, we will have to choose ‘Select option’, we will proceed to accept and then ‘Select application’. Once there we will choose WhatsApp, giving it where it says ‘Include’.
- The system will ask us what notifications we want, so we will proceed to select ‘Any’ and then ‘Accept’. With this option, we would finish with the triggers, so we will proceed with the ‘Actions’, ie speaking the text.
- We will display a Menu, which is what we will find in the option of the 3 dots, once this menu is displayed, we will select the 2nd and 3rd option, which will indicate: Name of the contact and the message.
- Once you have finished the process, you will simply have to confirm. Remember that you can add more details, such as date and time, etc.
This application is free, but in its free version you can only create a maximum of 5 macros.
ReaditToMe
ReaditToMe is another application that will allow us to automate reading processes on our phone, among them being able to read our WhatsApp messages out loud, so that we can better save our time.
- The first thing we will have to do is enter the application and select the ‘Apps’ option, and enable access to all notifications.
- Once notifications are enabled, we will select the ‘Apps’ option again.
- Then, we will proceed to choose WhatsApp from the list of applications.
- Having selected WhatsApp, we will proceed to go back to the previous menu and select ‘Profiles’.
- Finally, we will have to select the red circle, which is located in the upper right. Once this option is selected, it will remain as ‘Enabled’ and that will indicate that we can listen to our WhatsApp messages out loud.
One of the biggest disadvantages of this application is that it is only free for the first 2 weeks. Once the time limit has expired, we will have to start paying.
Other alternatives on Android
If the assistant has no effect, does not work or is not installed, there are other applications that will help you, to be able to read the messages, which are in the notification area, these applications can read both those of WhatsApp, and those of any application, among the most used are Hatomico, MacroDroid and ReaditToMe.
Learn how to listen to WhatsApp text messages on iOS
In the most recent updates, this application has managed to make this function possible from the iOS system, since it is only necessary to use the virtual assistant, called “Siri”. This is achieved as follows:
Using Siri
- The first thing to take into account is that you need to have both your cell phone and the WhatsApp application updated, and also go to the assistant setting and allow access to WhatsApp.
- Then this is enough to use Siri, which is achieved by saying the following command “Siri, read me the latest WhatsApp messages”.
- Automatically, this virtual assistant will start narrating all those WhatsApp messages that you haven’t read before.
- When coming across unread messages, this assistant will tell you the name of the contact, the time they arrived and what the message says, including emoticons.
- The assistant will then ask if you want to respond using voice commands.
- Remember that this option only works when there are unread messages in the application. There is the option to use the Google assistant “Google assistant” you just have to change it.
Voice assistants and artificial intelligence applied to them, is quite beneficial for all of us, especially for those who love to save time by doing all possible tasks at once. If you are one of those, we fully recommend using one of these applications in order to have a more automated mechanism on your mobile.