Rob,
Not sure if this is what your are looking for.
There is a Text To Speech feature built-in as well as Sppech Recognition.
Although I have not tested it out as I do not use a Mic or Text To Speech.
And I suspect it's only available if you install Office XP.
This is what I've just uncovered...
1. Right-Click Taskbar | Toolbars | Language Bar
2. If you see the EN appear next to the Sys Tray click it and select Show the Language bar
3. The Language bar will anchor to the top of your monitor.
4. Click Tools | Options
5. In Speech Properties click Text to Speech tab.
6. Slect the Voice.
7. Click Preview Voice.
8. Set the Voice speed.
9. Click Apply and OK.
That should be it.
Let us know if it works.
Hello all,
I type a lot of long documents in MS Word on an XP machine. Often, I don?t have time to have others proof read my stuff and prefer my readers think my education wasn?t a waste. Many years ago (Windows 3.1 days) I used to have a little app that would read my text back to me. It sounded very ?computerish? but got the job done. I could at least catch grammatical and gross spelling errors.
I?ve fiddle around with text-to-speech in Windows XP but can?t make it do very much (nothing to be exact). Am I on the right track in assuming this will read back written text? If so, can anyone point me to instructions (for the lay person) on how to configure it.
My hardware/software is as follows:
-Intel D845WN MB w/P4 2.0Ghz
-512MB RAM
-MB-integrated sound
-Windows XP Pro SP1 and all the latest updates
-MS Office XP Pro w/SP2
Thanks for your help
Rob

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