This feature is handy not only for the visually impaired, but it can also be used when you’d rather listen to something rather than read it. For some of us, and some of our students, there are many situations when listening to a document has a better outcome than reading it. Use the talk features for: proofreading documents, giving directions, “reading” websites, allowing for a different view,…
Here’s how you can make your Mac speak selected text :
Here’s how you can make your Mac speak selected text :
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Speech
- Click “Text to Speech”
- Select the “Speak selected text when the key is pressed” checkbox
- Type one or more modifier keys (Command, Shift, Option, or Control) and another key to set the keys you’ll use to hear selected text. (mine was set to Option+Esc) If you change it Click OK when the key combination you typed appears in the text field.
- Choose the voice you want to listen to and the rate it reads.
- Highlight the text you want to listen to and press the Option Esc keys and start listening!
- To get it to stop speaking the text, select the Option Esc keys again.