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Click on Preferences -> Speech -> Text to Speech tab
From there you can select from the base 6, or also select the more voices options to see the full list.
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How do you get a voice other than Anna on speech to text?
To change the speaking voice in Mac OS X open System Preferences and select the Speech section. Click the Text to Speech button and from the System Voice drop down menu select another voice. Select the Show More Voices option to see all available voices.
How do you make a Mac talk to you when you type?
Many applications for the Mac support the built in voices and can read the text on the screen to you. For example with a page of text opened in the TextEdit application select Start Speaking from Speech in the Edit menu. To have the Mac speak each letter as you type text you will need to turn on VoiceOver from Universal Access in the System Preferences. The various options for VoiceOver can be configured with the VoiceOver Utility.
How do you control the system voice on a Mac?
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.'
How do you increase the rate VoiceOver speaks on the Mac I've found the utility but my read text command doesn't work with the right pitch in textedit and pages Can you help me get around this?
The VoiceOver feature controls how the Mac talks to users who are blind or partially sighted so they can find their way around the screen it is separate from Text To Speech which is controlled from the Text To Speech tab of the Speech section of System Preferences.
How do you make your mac talk?
Click on an application's Edit menu, select Speech and then Start Speaking. You can configure the voice used etc. from the Text to Speech tab in the Speech section of System Preference.
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The text to speech component has to be installed from the Office 2003 CD.
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