Text to Speech

LearnKit can read flashcard content aloud using your device’s built-in speech engine.

Configure it in Settings -> Audio.

Main controls

The current Audio tab includes:

Setting	What it does
Text to speech	Turns TTS on for study
Limit to group	Reads aloud only cards in one group, if set
Autoplay	Reads the question automatically, then the answer when revealed
Widget read-aloud	Enables replay buttons and speech in the study widget
Gatekeeper read-aloud	Enables replay buttons and speech in Gatekeeper
Cloze read mode	Reads either just the answer or the full sentence
Default voice	Chooses the accent and dialect for Latin-script text
Advanced options	Chooses fallback languages for Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, and Devanagari scripts
Speech rate / Speech pitch	Tunes playback
Preview voice	Plays a test sample

What TTS can read

TTS is designed for text-based flashcards such as:

• Basic and reversed flashcards
• Cloze flashcards
• Multiple choice questions
• Ordered questions

Image occlusion is a visual format, so it should not be treated as a full TTS-first workflow.

Cloze read mode

Cloze read mode has two options:

• Just the answer reads only the missing term.
• Full sentence reads the sentence with the answer filled back in.

Flag-aware routing

The Flag-aware routing section lets inline flags control language and accent during playback.

• Use flags for language and accent lets tokens like {{es}} or {{es-mx}} change voice selection.
• Announce language name speaks the language name before each flag-switched segment.

See Flags and Flag-Codes for the token system.

Voice availability

LearnKit uses system voices loaded through the Web Speech API. Voice quality depends on your platform and installed voices.

• macOS and iOS usually have the best built-in voice selection.
• Windows quality depends on which Microsoft voices are installed.
• Linux depends heavily on local speech packages.

If the Audio tab shows no available system voices yet, reopen the tab and let the voice list load again.

Practical tips

• Set the default voice to the language you review most often.
• Use advanced script options when the same script could map to multiple languages.
• Combine TTS with flags when a single card mixes languages or accents.
• Keep group-limited TTS for language subsets if you do not want every card read aloud.

Last modified: 30/03/2026