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.

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Open System Preferences.
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Click on Speech.
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Click on the text to speech tab.
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Click on system voice.
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Click on More Voices.
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Click on the voice that you would like to try out.
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Click on the play button. Make sure that the volume is high.
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Select the Voice that you like

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

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

Update 04 March 2020

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