How do you control the system voice on a Mac?

Answer 1

The Mac will describe every Window and button as the mouse moves over them. This is controlled by the VoiceOver system. This can be found in System Preferences under Universal Access.

To stop the Mac from speaking these descriptions, follow the steps below.

# Open System Preferences # Click "Universal Access." It is a blue icon in the System Controls.

# Under "VoiceOver," click Off # Close System Preferences.

The Mac can announce the time. This can be controlled in System Preferences in the Date and Time preferences on the Clock tab.

To stop the Mac from speaking the time, follow the steps below. # Open System Preferences # Click "Date & Time." It is a clock icon in the System Controls. # Un-check "Announce the Time" # Close System Preferences

The Mac can speak selected text. There are 3 male and 3 female voices to choose from. The speed of speech can be made faster or slower. This is controlled in System Preferences in Speech under the Text to Speech tab. To set up your mac to speak selected text, follow the steps below. # Open System Preference. # Click on "Speech."

# Click on the "Text to Speech" tab. # In the bottom half of the options menu, you should see 3 check boxes.

# If you want the Mac to speak selected text, check the 3rd box and select the 'action keys' by clicking the 'Set Key' button and pressing the keys you want to use to activate text to speech such as 'Option + F6.'Hold them down at the same time.

# If you don't want the Mac to speak selected text, un-check the 3rd box. # Close System Preferences. # If you have checked the 3rd box in "Text to Speech," your Mac will speak selected text when you press the 'action keys.'