Both
Windows and Mac OS X provide built-in text-to-speech capabilities that
narrate in a computer-generated voice. To make your Windows or Mac
computer say what you type, follow the instructions below.
Edit Steps
Windows
- 1Open up Windows Narrator. You can do this by clicking Start Narrator in the Ease of Access Center of the Control Panel. For Windows Vista and 7, simply click Start, type “narrator” in the search bar, and press Enter to launch. Once Narrator is launched, it will begin speaking as well as announcing your activities.
- 2Change the Narrator’s settings. Select or unselect options in the dialogue box such as Echo User’s Keystrokes, which will narrate letters as you type them.
- 3Change the narrator’s voice. Depending on your operating system, click Voice or Voice Settings at the bottom of Microsoft Narrator and play with the options.
- 4Test the Narrator. Open Notepad either by using your usual pathway or going to Start, typing “notepad” in the search bar, and hitting enter.
- 5Type words you want narrator to say in notepad.
- 6Highlight the words in notepad. This will cause the Narrator to read them back for you.
- Alternatively, press CTRL+ALT+SPACEBAR or CRTL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR.
Mac OS X: Terminal Method
- 1Go to Finder > Applications > Utilities.
- 2Double-click Terminal to launch it.
- 3Type “say” followed by whatever you want your Mac to say.
- 4Press Return on your keyboard. This will cause the computer to read your text back to you.
Mac OS X: Text Edit Method
- 1Type something in TextEdit.
- 2Place your cursor wherever you’d like the narration to begin. Otherwise, the default place to start narrating is at the beginning of the document.
- 3Go to Edit > Speech > Start Speaking. This begins the narration.
- 4Go to Edit > Speech > Stop Speaking. This ends the narration.
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