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Communicating with your computer via speech is a novel feature; your computer will understand what you want to express through speech. Below are 2 simple methods to make your computer read text content using Adobe Reader or Microsoft Word.
2 ways to enable text-to-speech on your computer
Using text-to-speech on Adobe Reader
- Firstly, your computer needs to download and install Adobe Reader from this link
- Launch the software, create a new file, and input the text content you want the computer to read. Click on View on the Menu -->Read Out Loud --> Activate Read Out Loud. (Alternatively, you can use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Y)
- Select the text passage you want the computer to read
- Additionally, you can customize to read one page (Single Page); read to the end of the document (Read to end ...); pause (Pause); stop (Stop)
Using text-to-speech on Microsoft Word
( This operation applies to Office 2010 or Office 2013 versions)
- Open the Word editing software containing the text passage you want to read. Then click on the icon as shown below and select More Commands....
- Click on Popular Commands -->All Commands
- Navigate to Speak --> click on Add
- Then, the speaker icon appears above the editing software. Simply select the text passage by highlighting it and click on the speaker icon.
- Additionally, you can adjust the sound by clicking on Start and typing Narrator into the search bar --> Click on Narrator
- Adjust the Voice Settings section. A dialog box will appear, customize the Set Speed, Set Volume, Set Pitch options. Then press OK to save the settings
Above, Mytour has introduced you to 2 simple ways to read text using speech on the computer. This is one of the ways to communicate with the computer through your own voice.
