#SHORTCUT FOR TEXT TO SPEECH MAC FULL#

Making your computer read Simple Text documents Click the close icon in the top left of the speech options box or press Apple + W on the keyboard to close the window.Note: You can edit the list of phrases and add your own, to do so choose Edit phrase list from the list in he pop-up menu next to Speak the phrase.Click on the pop-up menu next to Speak the phrase: to see a list of available phrases and click on one to choose it.In the Speech control panel lick the checkbox next to Speak the phrase: to turn this option on.You can also have the alert speech start with a phrase, to do this: Click on a delay time on the slider named Wait before speaking: below Speak the alert text to have the computer speak the dialogue immediately click on 0Гўв‚¬ВІ for a 5 second delay click on 5Гўв‚¬ВІ.(No keyboard shortcut).Click the checkbox next to Speak the alert text to have your Mac speak the text in dialogue boxes.Click the drop down menu next to Options: and Select Talking AlertsвЂ™.Click on the slider next to Rate to speed up or slow down the voice.Click on the pop-up menu next to Voice: and select a voice, for example Kathy by clicking on it and then click the speaker button next to it to play a sample of the selected voice.Click on the Control Panels sub-menu and then click on Speech to open the Speech control panel (No keyboard shortcut).Click on the Apple menu (no keyboard shortcut).

#SHORTCUT FOR TEXT TO SPEECH MAC FULL#

It does not provide full screen reading but offers speech feedback in dialog boxes and will only speak in some parts of specific applications, for example a Word document. Note:В Apple Text-To-Speech technology is a basic text reading facility built in to the operating system, it only provides a framework that other applications can use.

Shortcut for text to speech mac