How to set up your computer to read keyboard input

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How to set up your computer to read keyboard input
How to set up your computer to read keyboard input
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In Windows and Mac OS X, whatever you type on the keyboard can be voiced (this is done through a computer-generated voice).

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Windows

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 1
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 1

Step 1. Launch the Narrator utility

Click Start, type narrator in the search bar and press Enter. Narrator launches, reading the keyboard input.

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 2
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 2

Step 2. Configure the Narrator utility

Check or uncheck the options in the Narrator window that opens.

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 3
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 3

Step 3. Change the voice of the announcer

Depending on the operating system you are using, click Voice or Voice Setting (at the bottom of the window) and change the appropriate settings.

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 4
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 4

Step 4. Check the work of the announcer

Open Notepad (or any other text editor).

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 5
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 5

Step 5. In Notepad, enter the words you want to hear

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 6
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 6

Step 6. Highlight the word in the notebook and the speaker will speak it

Or press Ctrl + alt = "Image" + Space or Ctrl + Shift + Space

Method 2 of 3: Mac OS X: Terminal

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 7
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 7

Step 1. Click Finder> Applications> Utilities

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 8
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 8

Step 2. Double click on "Terminal" to launch it

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 9
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 9

Step 3. Enter say and then enter the text to be read

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 10
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 10

Step 4. Press Enter

The text will be read by the computer.

Method 3 of 3: Mac OS X: Text Edit

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 11
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 11

Step 1. Enter text into TextEdit

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 12
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 12

Step 2. Place the cursor where you would like to start speaking the text

Otherwise, the text will be read from the very beginning.

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 13
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 13

Step 3. Click Edit> Speech> Start Speaking

The text will be read out.

Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 14
Make Your Computer Say Everything You Type Step 14

Step 4. Click Edit> Speech> Stop Speaking

Audio recording will stop.

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