Activate Text to Speech in Mac OSx

So you want your Mac to read something to you? Read more to find out how.

Steps

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

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.

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.

Tips

  • You can right click on the text and click Stop Speaking.
  • You can press the key combination again to stop speaking.
  • In the System Preferences window where you set the Voice and Key Combination you can also make the computer announce the time and warn you when a pop-up window appears.

Warnings

  • Some people absolutely hate it when the Computer announces the time.
  • Don't do this to someone else's computer, as it can be annoying.
  • Do not set the key combination to anything that you already use, because it will be over written.

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