Document to be read out

[MYA]

I am using XP OS and MS Office 2003, I would like the computer to read out
the text on the document so that one could record/tape it. Does anyone know
how to accomplish this?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

You'd need software than can read documents. You can Google or you can
contact your local blind agency. Check into Jaws. (I think that's the name -
it's been a while since I needed that info.) Warning - software like this
are as picky about your sound card as Publisher is about video drovers.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

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.

 

[Beth Melton]

The OP has Office 2003 which has this capability so additional
software is unnecessary. They also have Windows XP which has a
"Narrator" utility similar to JAWS.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

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MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

You'd need software than can read documents. You can Google or you
can contact your local blind agency. Check into Jaws. (I think
that's the name - it's been a while since I needed that info.)
Warning - software like this are as picky about your sound card as
Publisher is about video drovers.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I am using XP OS and MS Office 2003, I would like the computer to
read out
the text on the document so that one could record/tape it. Does
anyone know
how to accomplish this?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Pretty cool - especially since I'm using Office 2003 but never knew it could
read to me. Probably a good thing - I need info fed at me fast. Slow
speakers tend to drive me a bit nuts. (And it's a REALLY short trip!)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

The OP has Office 2003 which has this capability so additional software is
unnecessary. They also have Windows XP which has a "Narrator" utility
similar to JAWS.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

You'd need software than can read documents. You can Google or you can
contact your local blind agency. Check into Jaws. (I think that's the
name - it's been a while since I needed that info.) Warning - software
like this are as picky about your sound card as Publisher is about video
drovers.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I am using XP OS and MS Office 2003, I would like the computer to read
out
the text on the document so that one could record/tape it. Does anyone
know
how to accomplish this?

 

[MYA]

Are these features also available in MS Word 2000?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

IIRC, speech capabilities were introduced in Office XP, not prior.

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the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, MYA asked:

| Are these features also available in MS Word 2000?
|
| "garfield-n-odie" wrote:
|
|| 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.
||
|| MYA wrote:
||
||| I am using XP OS and MS Office 2003, I would like the computer to
||| read out the text on the document so that one could record/tape it.
||| Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

No.

Are these features also available in MS Word 2000?

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