Text To Speech Microsoft Word 2011 Mac

One way your Mac can speak to you in Mac OS X Lion is using Text to Speech, which converts on-screen text to spoken words. If you’ve used Text to Speech in earlier versions of Mac OS X, you’ll find that it’s pretty much unchanged.

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  1. May 26, 2011  Thursday, May 26, 2011. How to Make Text in Microsoft Word Talk 1. Highlight the text that you would like Microsoft Word to speak by clicking and dragging with the mouse. Alternatively, press 'Ctrl' and 'A' simultaneously to highlight the entire document.
  2. Apr 08, 2008 Hi, I want to know if it is possible to 'talk' to your mic and have the speech be input as text on microsoft word 2008 for mac. I saw this on a video in youtube and it seems to work for windows, although i can not find any information on it for the mac. Does anyone have any experience on this?
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Why might you need Text to Speech? Because sometimes hearing is better than reading. For example, you can use Text to Speech to read a column or page to you before submitting it. If something doesn’t sound quite right, give it another polish before sending it off.

You can configure this feature in the Speech System Preferences pane:

May 02, 2017 This video demonstrates how to enable and use the text-to-speech feature in Word 2016 for Mac. Enable Text to speechSpeak Option in Microsoft Word 2016 Tutorial - HOW TO - Duration: 2:05.

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  1. Open the System Preferences (from Launchpad, the Applications folder, Dock, or Apple menu), click the Speech icon, and then click the Text to Speech tab.

  2. Choose one of the voices in the System Voice pop-up menu to set the voice your Mac uses when it reads to you.

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  3. Click the Play button to hear a sample of the voice you selected.

  4. Use the Speaking Rate slider to speed up or slow down the voice.

  5. Click the Play button to hear the voice at its new speed.

  6. Select the Announce When Alerts Are Displayed check box if you want to make your Mac speak the text in alert boxes and dialogs.

    You might hear such alerts as “The application Microsoft Word has quit unexpectedly” or “Paper out or not loaded correctly.”

  7. Click the Set Alert Options button to choose a different voice to announce your alerts.

    You can also set the delay between the time the alert appears and when it’s spoken to you.

  8. (Optional) If you like, select either of these two check boxes: Announce When an Application Requires Your Attention or Speak Selected Text When the Key Is Pressed.

    They both do what they say they’ll do. In the case of the latter, you assign the key you want to press by clicking the Set Key button.

  9. (Optional) If you want to have the clock announce the time, click the Open Date & Time Preferences button, and you’re whisked to that System Preferences pane; then click the Clock tab and select the Announce the Time check box.

    That’s it for your preferences.

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Now, to use Text to Speech to read text to you, copy the text to the Clipboard, launch TextEdit, paste the text into the empty untitled document, click where you want your Mac to begin reading to you, and then choose Edit→Speech→Start Speaking. To make it stop, choose Edit→Speech→Stop Speaking.