Click: How to Activate Text to Speech in Mac Os X

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Method 1of 3:

Setting The Voice

1. Open System Preferences.
2. Click on Speech.
3. Click on the text to speech tab.
4. Click on system voice.
5. Click on More Voices.
6. Click on the voice that you would like to try out.
7. Click on the play button. Make sure that the volume is high.
8. Select the Voice that you like

Method 2of 3:

The Shortcut Way

1. Open System Preferences/Speech/Text to Speech.
2. Check Speak Selected Text When Key is Pressed.
   • A box will appear.
3. Press the key-combination that you would like to use.
4. Select the text you would like to have read.
5. Press the key-combination that you have set.

Method 3of 3:

The Right-Click Way

1. Select the text that you would like to have read.
2. Right Click on it and click on the sub-menu called Speech.
3. Click on Start Speaking.