Hi. The only thing you can do is set the screen timeout to as long as it can go. One thing that I have had success with is if the phone says screen off at exactly the right time speech will continue. This is a very battery efficient way to read books. -----Original Message----- From: accessible-android-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:accessible-android-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BIll Deatherage Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 9:43 PM To: accessible-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [accessible-android] Another question about speach stopping Hello, I am not sure if these two issues are connected but when I was in K9 mail I was reading a message and the speach stopped when the speach said screen off. The screen demed and when dark and that is when the speach stopped. Does anyone know what I might do to resolve this issue. Thank you in advance. Bill Deatherage To contact the list admin with questions, issues, or request concerning the list please email: beto.arreola22@xxxxxxxxx or on skype at betoa221, or on twitter on betoa221 To subscribe to the list send a message with subscribe on the subject line to: accessible-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from the list please send message with unsubscribe in the subject line to accessible-android-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To make changes to your list subscription please visit: //www.freelists.org/list/accessible-android