How do I get word to narrate my typing?

[Guest]

I'm trying to see if there is a tool in word that will narrate what you type?
Basically, have word read back to you what you've typed or someone else typed
in a document. Sort of like the "narrator" in windows for the disabled.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I'm trying to see if there is a tool in word that will narrate what
you type? Basically, have word read back to you what you've typed or
someone else typed in a document. Sort of like the "narrator" in
windows for the disabled.

For versions up to Word 2003, see
http://www.gmayor.com/word_text_to_speech.htm.

It has been removed from Office 2007 and moved to the Vista operating
system.

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[Graham Mayor]

I am not running Word 2007, but feedback to my web site suggests that the
function described there can still work with 2007. Whether this is only true
of a system 'upgraded' from Word 2003 I cannot say.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Graham,

Yes, Speech to Text (Dictation) was removed from Office 2007 but Excel's Text to Speech (Speak) is still there (although moved to
the items you have to manually add to the QAT).

I suspect that there was enough clamor to keep it that it stayed in, but that by moving it to a five item QAT 'add' that MS will be
able to show the "SQM" data next time to 'prove' it's not needed <g>.

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I am not running Word 2007, but feedback to my web site suggests that the
function described there can still work with 2007. Whether this is only true
of a system 'upgraded' from Word 2003 I cannot say.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP >>

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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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