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speech
you can have the text in your document read aloud to you
to do this click on to play icon
gladiator fights were first introduced and two hundred and sixty four bc
to stop it reading click on the stop icon
the text is highlighted
as it is red
this visual reinforcement helps to improve word recognition
you can use the forward
rewind
and pause speech
as required
adapting the speech
it is possible to customize the speech to suit you
to access any of the settings
click here
beside the play icon
from here you can
set the program to read back completed text by
word, sentence, or paragraph
you can turn on or off the speak as i type option
and you can turn on or off screen reading
which will read all the menu items and icons
when you select automatically read next block of text
you won't have to click on the forward icon
to have the software read the next piece of text
web highlighting is used to read webpages
it is currently switched off
to switch it on
click on it
you will notice switched on because now it has a tick beside it
when a web page is open
and you hover your mouse over the text
it will be read aloud
in the speech options you can
adjust the system voice settings
you can choose a different voice
and change it's speed and pitch
to check the settings
click on test voice
this your new voice
is it ok
here you can choose to use the arrow keys on your keyboard to change the
speed of the speech
while it is reading
with this option on you can use the up arrow to speed up the voice
and the down arrow to slow the voice down
the say like tab is where you can adjust the pronunciation of words in the
program
this is likely to be most useful
for entering names of people or places
or to allow for local accents
type the word you want to change into the pronounce this box
this is how it was pronounced now
an-geh-line
then add the phonetic spelling of the word
to the like this box
this is how it will sound
Angeline
finally
click on save to add it to the list
now
anytime that word is read aloud it will be pronounced exactly how you want to
in the auto read tab
you can turn on and off the speak as i type function
and adjust it to speak on each letter
word
or sentence
with this switched on
the software will read aloud as you type
the screen reading facility automatically reads icons
lists
and menus
to switch on the screen reading facility
select the
i would like to reuse screen reading option and click on okay
now when the mouse is placed over any menu or icon it will be read aloud
review
mailings
references
in the highlighting tab
you can change how text is highlighted
and what colors are used
there is a choice of four different highlighting methods
speak with highlighting in document
speak with highlighting in text reader
speak using one word display
and speak with no visual display
when you select one of the highlighting options
you will be able to make further changes
such as changing the color
this area shows you what the highlight color will look like
with speak with highlighting in text reader
you can change the font
and the font size
as well as the highlighting color
this is to speak with highlighting in text reader
gladiator fights were first introduced in two hundred and sixty four bc
with speak using one word display
you can change the font
and the font size
as well as the word and sentence color
this
is speak using one word display
gladiator fights were first introduced in two hundred and sixty four bc
with speak with no visual display
there will be no highlighting
just the text read aloud