How to Activate Text to Speech in Mac OS X
So you want your Mac to read something to you? Read more to find out how. Open System Preferences.
Method 1 of 3:
Setting The Voice
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Open System Preferences. - Click on Speech.
- Click on the text to speech tab.
- Click on system voice.
- Click on More Voices.
- Click on the voice that you would like to try out.
- Click on the play button. Make sure that the volume is high.
- Select the Voice that you like
Method 2 of 3:
The Shortcut Way
- Open System Preferences/Speech/Text to Speech.
- Check Speak Selected Text When Key is Pressed.
- A box will appear.
- Press the key-combination that you would like to use.
- Select the text you would like to have read.
- Press the key-combination that you have set.
Method 3 of 3:
The Right-Click Way
- Select the text that you would like to have read.
- Right Click on it and click on the sub-menu called Speech.
- Click on Start Speaking.
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Update 04 March 2020
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