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Speak Selection App Store Listing in Simplified Chinese — 朗读所选内容 & 朗读选择 zh-Hans Copy
Your en-US listing markets Speak Selection — Apple's built-in accessibility read-aloud setting under Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Speak Selection — where users highlight text and hear only the selection spoken, often via a Speak button overlay or context-menu Speak action — but the China App Store product page still shows English title, subtitle, description, and caption lines.
Speak Selection reads a user-selected passage aloud — not full-screen Speak Screen (整屏朗读), not a generic Spoken Content hub paragraph, not Live Speech type-to-speak, not Personal Voice training, not Voice Control navigation commands, not Vocal Shortcuts phrase triggers, and not Typing Feedback while typing.
Mentioning Speak Selection on your US page does not auto-fill a Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans) localization row.
AppLocale rewrites paste-ready zh-Hans listing fields that describe your existing selected-text speech and 朗读所选内容 story — not AVSpeechSynthesizer engineering, not Spoken Content API plumbing, not screenshot design.
Listing copy only — we do not implement Speak Selection in your app, we do not guarantee rank, and we do not invent reviews or metrics.
Seller: Fortune Insight, LLC. Not QuantRadar. Not investment advice.
Western indie iOS and iPadOS developers — US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia — who:
Already ship or market an app whose buyers use Speak Selection — highlight text, tap Speak, hear only the selected passage read aloud, or use a floating Speak button overlay after selecting text
Market Speak Selection, selected-text speech, Speak button overlay, or 朗读所选内容 / 朗读选择 / 朗读所选文字 / 口述内容 on the en-US product page and in screenshot galleries
Finished selected-text read-aloud UX or Spoken Content integration in the binary — not looking for AVSpeechSynthesizer pipeline or Spoken Content API engineering help here
Enabled the China App Store but the zh-Hans row is empty, machine-translated, or still English on Speak Selection gallery frames
Need paste-ready Connect text — not an engineer for text-to-speech APIs, not a designer to re-export every selected-text screenshot from scratch
Speak Selection engineering vs zh-Hans listing copy — two different jobs
US/EU indie teams conflate selected-text read-aloud capability with storefront language. iOS Settings and App Store Connect actually separate them:
Speak Selection on the device — when enabled under Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Speak Selection, iOS shows a Speak control after the user selects text; only the highlighted passage is read aloud. Optional Speak button overlay and speaking-rate controls live under Spoken Content settings. System accessibility behavior — outside AppLocale scope.
Selected-text TTS and Speak overlay UI — in-app code that converts a highlighted range to spoken audio via AVSpeechSynthesizer, Spoken Content APIs, or custom narration engines. Controls selection menus, playback, and overlay placement. Engineering inside the binary — not listing rewrite.
Speak Selection marketing on the product page — description paragraphs, subtitle positioning, keywords, promotional text, and screenshot overlays that tell buyers your app supports Speak Selection, selected-text read-aloud, or a Speak button after highlighting. Connect text fields — this page.
Pricing and Availability → China — makes the app downloadable on the China storefront. Separate from language rows.
App Store tab → Chinese (Simplified) localization — independent row for title, subtitle, keywords, description, promotional text, and screenshot caption lines. Empty or English here means China buyers see English fallback regardless of how strongly your US listing markets Speak Selection.
An app that ships selected-text speak menus in the binary and a localized China listing are both valuable — neither replaces the other. AppLocale covers how you describe Speak Selection and selected-passage read-aloud on the store page, not how you implement AVSpeechSynthesizer or Spoken Content APIs.
What Apple Speak Selection is — and what your listing may claim
Apple ships Speak Selection under Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Speak Selection. When enabled, selecting text surfaces a Speak action or floating Speak button; only the highlighted passage is spoken — not the entire screen. Western indie listings often show one or more of these surfaces on the US product page. AppLocale covers paste-ready zh-Hans copy for whichever your screenshots and description already claim:
Selected-text Speak menu (朗读所选内容) — context menu with Speak beside Copy, Look Up, or Translate after the user highlights a paragraph. Gallery frames may show "Speak Selection", "Read selection aloud", or selected-passage playback badges.
Speak button overlay (朗读选择) — floating Speak control that appears after text selection when Speak Selection is enabled. Marketing art may highlight the overlay button beside highlighted text.
Selected passage playback (朗读所选文字) — in-app ebook, article, or study tools where users highlight a sentence or paragraph and hear it read back. Screenshot overlays often show selection handles with a play or Speak icon.
Spoken Content settings alignment (口述内容) — voice picker, speaking rate, and pronunciation controls under the Spoken Content branch when your English gallery shows Settings-style captures. Include 口述内容 vocabulary only when your US listing already frames Spoken Content settings — not as a generic hub paragraph.
Your gallery may lead with a Speak button overlay on one frame and a context-menu Speak demo on the next. zh-Hans caption lines should name the correct surface per frame — a selected-text menu is not a two-finger swipe Speak Screen gesture, and a voice-rate slider is not a Speak Selection overlay unless that is what the screenshot shows.
Speak Selection listing copy vs Speak Screen, Live Speech, and other speech guides
Several shop guides cover adjacent Apple Accessibility speech features under Spoken Content and Speech. This page covers Speak Selection and selected-text read-aloud marketing on listing metadata — not engineering, not unrelated category copy:
Speak Selection and selected-text speech (this page) — highlight text, Speak button overlay, context-menu Speak, selected-passage playback, and 朗读所选内容 / 朗读选择 / 朗读所选文字 on gallery frames and in description paragraphs.
Speak Screen full-page read-aloud (different) — swipe-to-read everything visible on screen — 朗读屏幕, 整屏朗读. Covered on our Speak Screen listing guide when full-page narration is your lead claim — not selected-text-only marketing. Speak Screen reads the whole screen; Speak Selection reads only what the user highlights.
Live Speech & type-to-speak (different) — users type custom phrases to speak aloud in conversations — 实时语音, 键入朗读. See Live Speech listing guide — outbound typed speech, not inbound selected-text playback.
Personal Voice & voice banking (different) — on-device voice training and speak-with-your-own-voice selectors — 个人声音. See Personal Voice listing guide — voice identity training, not selected-text read-aloud.
Voice Control & Vocal Shortcuts (different) — spoken UI commands and custom phrase triggers — 语音控制, 声音快捷指令. See Voice Control listing guide or Vocal Shortcuts listing guide — commands operate the interface; Speak Selection outputs audio from highlighted text.
AssistiveTouch, Switch Control & display settings (different) — on-screen assistive menus, external switch scanning, color filters, invert colors. Not Speak Selection read-aloud marketing — do not conflate 朗读所选内容 with unrelated Accessibility toggles.
You can localize the title and still leave every Speak Selection screenshot overlay and selected-text demo paragraph English-only. Buyers then see a Chinese name with English "Speak Selection" badges — a mismatch that reads like half-finished localization. See also China App Store still shows English when entire rows fall back.
Where English Speak Selection copy shows on the China product page
Western indie teams often market selected-text read-aloud or Speak Selection compatibility on the US page but leave storefront Speak Selection marketing English-only. On the China storefront, English surfaces in places buyers actually read:
Screenshot overlay badges — "Speak Selection", "Read selection", "Speak button", "Highlight and listen", "Selected text to speech" on gallery frames showing context menus, Speak overlays, or selected-passage playback
Description paragraphs — English value props about dyslexia support, study tools, or article narration via selected-text speak that China readers skim past
Subtitle and keywords — English-only rows miss China Search intent for 朗读所选内容, 朗读选择, 朗读所选文字, or 听读 when buyers filter for selected-text read-aloud apps
Promotional text — 170-character field still pitching Speak Selection in English above the description
Mixed page — Chinese description pasted once but Speak Selection screenshot captions and subtitle still English — reads unfinished next to localized competitors
Formal machine translation — stiff 翻译腔 that conflates 朗读所选内容 (Speak Selection) with 朗读屏幕 (Speak Screen), 实时语音 (Live Speech), or 旁白 (VoiceOver) when your English source only claimed selected-text playback
Better zh-Hans listing copy helps reading-accessibility and literacy buyers understand your Speak Selection story before install. It does not replace text-to-speech implementation, Spoken Content API work, or Apple's review decisions — and it does not require you to re-shoot an entire selected-text screenshot gallery to mention 朗读所选内容 in text.
What AppLocale delivers for Speak Selection apps on zh-Hans
This SKU is a listing rewrite scoped to Speak Selection and selected-text read-aloud marketing — paste-ready fields you copy into App Store Connect:
Name (title) — zh-Hans app name within Connect character limits when your English title does not signal selected-text speech to China searchers
Subtitle — concise benefit line that can reference Speak Selection or selected-text read-aloud without stuffing raw English badge text
Keywords — zh-Hans search terms buyers use for 朗读所选内容, 朗读选择, 朗读所选文字, 听读, and selected-text read-aloud apps in your category
Description — long listing body with clear zh-Hans paragraphs on Speak Selection and selected-passage workflows you already claim — without English-only "Speak Selection" jargon
Promotional text — when you include the 170-character promo field in scope
Screenshot overlay / caption lines — short zh-Hans text on gallery images that show Speak menus or overlays ("选中即朗读", "朗读所选内容", "选中文字，即刻听读")
English alignment — matching en-US field notes when both storefronts must stay consistent on selected-text read-aloud promises
We map deliverables to the fields you actually use. Send every English overlay line and description paragraph that mentions Speak Selection, selected-text speech, or Speak button overlays — we deliver counted strings that fit Connect limits. We rewrite what you already claim on the US page; we do not invent selected-text read-aloud features your app does not describe.
Speak Selection-specific listing vocabulary — what translates differently
Selected-text read-aloud marketing on App Store pages uses vocabulary general utility guides rarely cover. zh-Hans copy should reflect how Chinese buyers describe Speak Selection in iOS Settings — not a literal paste of US marketing:
Official Settings vocabulary
Apple's zh-Hans Settings UI uses 朗读所选内容 for Speak Selection under 辅助功能 → 口述内容 (Spoken Content). Related commerce phrasing includes 朗读选择 (read selection), 朗读所选文字 (read selected text), and 口述内容 when your gallery shows the Spoken Content settings branch — not as a standalone hub title. Listing copy should mirror that vocabulary — not generic medical or literacy-test claims.
Speak Selection vs Speak Screen
Speak Screen reads everything visible on screen — 朗读屏幕, 整屏朗读. Speak Selection reads only highlighted text — 朗读所选内容, 朗读选择. zh-Hans listing copy should not imply full-page swipe-to-read when your English source only shows a context-menu Speak action or Speak button overlay. See the Speak Screen listing guide only if full-screen read-aloud is your lead marketing claim.
Speak Selection vs Live Speech and Personal Voice
Live Speech speaks user-typed phrases in conversations — 实时语音, 键入朗读. Personal Voice trains an on-device voice identity — 个人声音. Speak Selection reads existing visible text the user selects — 朗读所选内容. If your English gallery shows a type-to-speak keyboard or voice-training wizard, do not upgrade zh-Hans copy to Speak Selection claims unless that is what the frame shows.
Speak Selection vs Voice Control and Vocal Shortcuts
Voice Control sends spoken commands to tap and swipe UI elements — 语音控制. Vocal Shortcuts runs actions from custom spoken phrase triggers — 声音快捷指令. Speak Selection outputs audio from highlighted text — different input direction and buyer intent. Do not paste Voice Control vocabulary onto Speak Selection screenshots unless the frame shows numbered overlay commands.
Subtitle and keyword packing
The 30-character subtitle and 100-character keyword field need selected-text read-aloud search terms Chinese buyers type — see Simplified Chinese keywords & subtitle for field mechanics. Terms like 朗读所选内容, 朗读选择, and 听读 each signal different intent from 朗读屏幕 or 实时语音 keywords.
Caption lines vs burned-in badges
Marketing screenshot overlays you control — "Speak Selection" headlines on gallery frames showing selected-text menus — are separate caption fields or burned-in PNG text. See Screenshot captions in Simplified Chinese for caption-field mechanics when overlays are editable in Connect.
Why English-only Speak Selection copy hurts China storefront conversion
Reading-accessibility purchasers browsing the China App Store evaluate selected-text speak claims in the first scroll. Common failure modes when only en-US is filled:
Trust gap — Chinese word-of-mouth recommends a "highlight and listen" study app; buyer taps through and sees English "Speak Selection" with no zh-Hans context
Localized listing, English badges — description promises Chinese 朗读所选内容 support; screenshot overlays still "Speak Selection" at the worst moment
Search intent miss — buyers search 朗读所选内容 or 朗读选择; English-only keywords miss intent even when your app ships selected-text speak in the binary
Speak Screen vocabulary bleed — machine-translated 朗读屏幕 appearing in zh-Hans copy when English source only claimed selected-text playback, confusing buyers who wanted highlight-to-listen not full-page read-aloud
Live Speech vocabulary bleed — 实时语音 appearing when English source showed a Speak overlay after text selection, not a type-to-speak keyboard
Competitor contrast — rivals with native zh-Hans Speak Selection and 朗读所选内容 copy look more serious about China buyers who care about 无障碍 and selected-text read-aloud
Clearer zh-Hans Speak Selection marketing reduces confusion on the product page. It does not replace AVSpeechSynthesizer implementation or in-app selection-menu engineering — and it is not a substitute for literacy or medical positioning your app does not claim.
Machine translation is fine for internal drafts. Finished Speak Selection strings need idiomatic zh-Hans that states what selected-text scope you claim — while keeping accurate separation from Speak Screen, Live Speech, VoiceOver, and Voice Control marketing. AppLocale rewrites by hand; we do not deliver raw Google Translate or LLM output as finished copy.
What good zh-Hans Speak Selection listing copy looks like
Selected-text read-aloud copy appears on screenshot galleries and in description skims. Strong Chinese strings lead with the benefit and state scope plainly:
Overlay: "选中文字，即刻朗读" — Speak Selection frame with clear benefit line
Description paragraph: plain zh-Hans list of selected-text workflows you ship — highlight to listen, Speak button overlay, context-menu Speak — matching what you actually describe on the US page
Subtitle: "朗读所选内容" or "选中即听读" within the ~30-character cap
Keywords: include 朗读所选内容 / 朗读选择 / 听读 only when accurate — do not keyword-stuff 朗读屏幕 or 实时语音 if you only market Speak Selection
Honest scope — do not claim full-page 朗读屏幕 in Chinese if your app only ships selected-passage playback
zh-Hans and en-US strings can differ in length and structure when the underlying Speak Selection story is the same — avoid mirroring English comma-heavy promo lines character-for-character.
What you send
Your live App Store listing URL
Current English listing copy — name, subtitle, keywords, description, promotional text if used
Screenshot overlay text that mentions Speak Selection, selected-text speech, or Speak button overlays ("Speak Selection", "Read selection", "Speak button", "Highlight and listen")
Brief note on which selected-text read-aloud workflows your app ships today — context-menu Speak, floating overlay, in-app passage playback — so zh-Hans copy stays accurate
Target locales (e.g. zh-Hans for China storefront)
Your deadline if aligning with a read-aloud launch or App Store gallery update
Reply from the email address on your Stripe receipt after checkout
What you get
Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans) — listing fields and screenshot overlay lines scoped to Speak Selection and selected-text read-aloud marketing, paste-ready for Connect
English (en-US) — aligned listing strings when both locales need the same promise in native phrasing
Character-count notes — which strings fit Connect limits and what to trim
Paste-ready delivery — formatted copy mapped to each field you sent
24-hour turnaround — delivered to the email on your Stripe receipt
What we do not promise
No guarantee that selected-text read-aloud quality, voice selection, or Speak overlay behavior improves — listing rewrite describes what you already claim
No AVSpeechSynthesizer, Spoken Content API, selected-text speak menu, or read-aloud engineering
No Speak Screen full-page read-aloud listing copy — see sibling guide only if 朗读屏幕 is your lead story
No Live Speech, Personal Voice, Voice Control, Vocal Shortcuts, or Typing Feedback listing copy — see those guides only if that is your marketing scope
No VoiceOver, Dictation, or Live Caption listing copy — see those guides only if that is your marketing scope
No AssistiveTouch, Switch Control, or Display Accommodations listing copy
No screenshot set production, selected-text demo PNG re-export, or gallery design
No guaranteed App Store ranking, keyword position, download growth, or read-aloud certification outcomes
No fabricated social proof, review quotes, ratings, or traffic numbers
No binary localization, in-app string translation, or Connect configuration on your behalf
No Apple Search Ads or review-reply retainers
Not QuantRadar · not investment advice · not legal review
AppLocale FAQ
Is Speak Selection the same as Speak Screen?
No. Speak Selection reads only highlighted text — 朗读所选内容, 朗读选择. Speak Screen reads everything visible on screen — 朗读屏幕, 整屏朗读. See our Speak Screen listing guide only if full-page read-aloud is your lead marketing claim.
Is Speak Selection the same as Live Speech or Personal Voice?
No. Live Speech covers type-to-speak — users compose custom phrases to speak in conversations. Personal Voice covers on-device voice banking. Speak Selection covers selected-text read-aloud of visible content — different buyer stories with different screenshot vocabulary.
Is Speak Selection the same as Voice Control, Vocal Shortcuts, or Typing Feedback?
No. Voice Control sends spoken commands to operate the UI. Vocal Shortcuts runs actions from spoken phrase triggers. Typing Feedback speaks characters while typing. Speak Selection reads a user-selected passage aloud — 朗读所选内容. Different features, different Connect string families.
What listing fields does AppLocale rewrite for Speak Selection apps?
Paste-ready Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans) copy for App Store Connect listing fields you specify: title, subtitle, keywords, description, promotional text when included, and screenshot overlay or caption lines that mention Speak Selection, selected-text speech, Speak button overlay, or selected-passage read-aloud — rewritten from your English originals.
Does AppLocale implement Speak Selection in my app?
No. We deliver listing metadata copy only. AVSpeechSynthesizer integration, Spoken Content API work, selected-text speak menus, and Speak overlay engineering are outside AppLocale scope. We rewrite how you describe existing Speak Selection claims on the store page.
What do I send after payment?
Your live App Store listing URL, current English listing copy (name, subtitle, keywords, description, promo if used), screenshot overlay lines mentioning Speak Selection or selected-text speech, target locales (e.g. zh-Hans), and deadline. Reply from the email address on your Stripe receipt.
Is this machine translation?
No. We rewrite Speak Selection and selected-text read-aloud listing copy by hand. We do not paste Google Translate or ChatGPT output into deliverables.
How fast is delivery?
Within 24 hours after your Stripe receipt. Send your App Store URL, English listing and overlay copy, target locales, and deadline from the email on your receipt.
Do you guarantee conversion lift or App Store rankings?
No. We improve clarity from your existing copy. We do not promise keyword position, search rank, or download growth.
How much does AppLocale cost?
$79 one-time via Stripe checkout. No subscription. Seller is Fortune Insight, LLC.
What is AppLocale not?
Not selected-text TTS engineering, not Speak Screen or full-page read-aloud listing copy, not Live Speech or Personal Voice listing copy, not Voice Control or Vocal Shortcuts or Typing Feedback listing copy, not VoiceOver or Dictation or Live Caption listing copy, not screenshot set production, not binary localization, not Connect configuration, not ranking guarantees, not review-reply retainers, not QuantRadar, and not investment advice. We do not invent reviews, ratings, or traffic numbers.
AppLocale — Speak Selection & selected-text read-aloud listing copy in Simplified Chinese
After checkout, reply from your Stripe receipt email with your App Store URL, English listing and Speak Selection overlay copy, target locales, and deadline. Delivery within 24 hours. No ranking guarantees. AppLocale does not implement Speak Selection in your app. Sold by Fortune Insight, LLC.