Reading out loud
Text messages, e-mails, appointment entries, tasks, and notes can be read out loud.
1. Select the desired message, appointment, task, or note.
2. 
Select the symbol.
The following options are available during reading:
► 
"Pause"
Interrupt reading. Select again to restart reading.
► 
"Back to beginning"
Start reading message again from the beginning.
► 
Select the symbol.
Skip a paragraph.
► 
Select the symbol.
Go back one paragraph.
► To end reading, tilt the controller to the left.
See also:
USB audio interface/mobile phoneaudio interface
At a glance
It is possible to connect external audio devices.
Operation can be performed via iDrive. The
sound is output on the vehicle loudspeakers.
Connectors for external devices
► Con ...
General information
Instructions for voice activation system.
To have the available spoken instructions read
out loud: ›Voice commands‹
The following short commands apply to vehicles
equipped with a voice activatio ...
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