One who was not precise with reading the Shema or did not make an audible sound

Paragraph 1 — Even though it is a mitzvah to be precise with the individual letters of the Shema, one who reads without being precise has fulfilled his obligation.

Paragraph 2 — One may read the Shema in any language, but one should be careful to avoid mistakenly saying other words in that language and be precise just as if it was in Hebrew.^[1]

Paragraph 3 — One must be able to hear the words of the Shema coming out of the mouth, but if one does not hear them, one has nevertheless fulfilled the obligation as long as the words have been said^[2]

Paragraph 4 — If due to illness or another mitigating factor one read the Shema silently^[3] one has fulfilled his obligation. Rem"a: And one does this from the start if one is in a place that is not completely clean and one cannot clean it up due to various factors one thinks about the Shema in his heart. And this is only if the place is not completely filthy because it is is forbidden to ponder matters of Torah in filthy places (Beit Yosef Chapter 25)

Paragraph 5 — The person leading prayer must make his voice heard with "Shema Yisrael" in order that the congregation will hear and will glorify Hashem^[4] together.