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Does Word have text to speech?
I noticed a text to speech feature in Excel 2003, so I tried to use it in
word. I clicked Speech in the Tools menu and got a dialogue about speech recognition. That does me no good, I can type better than I can speak at the moment. Will word actually output speech, or do I actually need to copy-paste text into Excel for that? There must be a setting I missed because I can't imagine putting a reading feature in the numbers program but not the words program. But the help system told me nothing, I think it's very excited about the speech to text and that's great but I don't need it. Any idea where the setting is to make it talk? I've been using word since 1993, and I've had computers that talk since 1986, but never those two on the same machine. |
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You will need Windows XP and Word 2002 or 2003 for this to work.
1. In Windows, click on Start | Control Panel | Speech | Text to Speech | choose voice and volume settings | OK. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306902 "How To Configure and Use Text-to-Speech in Windows XP" for more information. 2. Install all of the Alternative User Input features from the Word/Office CD. These features are not automatically installed in a typical installation. 3. In Word, click on Tools | Speech. It is not necessary to completely configure Speech Recognition at this point, so you can click on Cancel if you want to skip this part for now. The Language toolbar should appear somewhere on the screen. Click on the little downward-pointing triangle at the bottom right corner of the Language toolbar, and make sure the "Speak Text" option is checked. 4. Open a Word document, click where you want Word to begin reading aloud or select the text that you want Word to read aloud, and click on the Speak button on the Language toolbar. jayratch wrote: I noticed a text to speech feature in Excel 2003, so I tried to use it in word. I clicked Speech in the Tools menu and got a dialogue about speech recognition. That does me no good, I can type better than I can speak at the moment. Will word actually output speech, or do I actually need to copy-paste text into Excel for that? There must be a setting I missed because I can't imagine putting a reading feature in the numbers program but not the words program. But the help system told me nothing, I think it's very excited about the speech to text and that's great but I don't need it. Any idea where the setting is to make it talk? I've been using word since 1993, and I've had computers that talk since 1986, but never those two on the same machine. |
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G'Day jayratch,
Please try the following: Right-Click the Windows Task bar. Click "Toolbars" Click "Language bar" If that is successful then: Right Click the Language bar (it will be on the task bar) Click "Restore the Language bar" Position it somewhere convenient (near the top?) on the Screen. Start Word. At the Right hand end of the Language bar: Click the tiny Drop Arrow and ensure that "Speak Text" is ticked This will put a "Speak" button on the Language bar. (The "Speak" button may not be available unless the active window contains a program that supports recognition. That is why you need to start Word.) If you select text, clicking "Speak Text" will "read" the selection, otherwise it will "read" the document beginning at the current insertion point. If any of these steps fails, search WINDOWS XP "Help and Support" (StartHelp and Support) for "text to speech" - see the article on "Text to speech overview". -- Regards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ "jayratch" wrote in message ... I noticed a text to speech feature in Excel 2003, so I tried to use it in word. I clicked Speech in the Tools menu and got a dialogue about speech recognition. That does me no good, I can type better than I can speak at the moment. Will word actually output speech, or do I actually need to copy-paste text into Excel for that? There must be a setting I missed because I can't imagine putting a reading feature in the numbers program but not the words program. But the help system told me nothing, I think it's very excited about the speech to text and that's great but I don't need it. Any idea where the setting is to make it talk? I've been using word since 1993, and I've had computers that talk since 1986, but never those two on the same machine. |
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See http://www.gmayor.com/word_text_to_speech.htm
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org jayratch wrote: I noticed a text to speech feature in Excel 2003, so I tried to use it in word. I clicked Speech in the Tools menu and got a dialogue about speech recognition. That does me no good, I can type better than I can speak at the moment. Will word actually output speech, or do I actually need to copy-paste text into Excel for that? There must be a setting I missed because I can't imagine putting a reading feature in the numbers program but not the words program. But the help system told me nothing, I think it's very excited about the speech to text and that's great but I don't need it. Any idea where the setting is to make it talk? I've been using word since 1993, and I've had computers that talk since 1986, but never those two on the same machine. |
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