Let’s look at ‘Speak’ first since it’s been in Word for some time. Vice-versa, Speech to TextĬonverting what you say into text is also possible in Office – see the new Dictate add-in for Office 2013 and Office 2016. Rather, the macOS has a speech feature which can be used in Office. Read Aloud – is a new, improved version of Speak available in the most recent Word 365 and Word 2019 releases. Speak – has been in the Word for Windows since 2010 see Hear a document with Speak in Word 2016, 20
Word 365 and Word 2019 for Windows has two similar features: Configuration of the Speak/Read feature is done in Windows, as we’ll see below. Office makes use of that Windows sub-system. Officially it’s called TTS ‘text-to-speech’ and is part of Windows.
But ‘Speak’ is also useful if you’re just tired of reading the screen or are proof-reading from another document. It’s possible in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote.Ĭomputer speaking text is mainly suggested for various disabled users under the ‘Accessibility’ name. Microsoft Office can read aloud, talk or speak the text of documents to you.
