# Read aloud feature **URL:** \ **Category:** HMI & Visualization\ **Tags:** mapp-view\ **Created:** [September 25, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/read-aloud-feature/8499 "2025-09-25T09:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/read-aloud-feature/8499/3 "2025-09-29T11:00:27Z")
possible solution for you was described here. > [@WDTC – individual solutions, simpler as you think](https://community.br-automation.com/t/wdtc-individual-solutions-simpler-as-you-think/8525/3): > > Servus … I can add a 3⃣️rd example. A few days ago someone asked in the community, if there is a “read-aloud feature” in mapp View. Well, there is not, but using the WDTC, you can achieve that actually very easily. Text to speech functionality is meanwhile part of every modern browser, so there is no need to bring 3rd party libraries into a widget. All you need is a “empty” widget, something like this: 'use strict'; define(['brease'], function ({ core: { BaseWidget: SuperClass }, cont… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.br-automation.com/t/read-aloud-feature/8499)._