Using built in text to speech function

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I would like to use the text to speech function built in to Windows 7 to have my computer read Word and PDF files aloud. I can find the place to select the voice and reading speed, but can not figure out how to activate the text to speech function to read my documents. I should mention that I don't have a visual impairment so am not using the narrarator option. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
 

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You need to use "Narrator" to read the documents. Once Narrator Opens click on the header of the document you want to read. Give it a second or two and it will start reading aloud the document.

Narrator can be found in Control Panel\Ease of Access\...
 

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Enjoy, and I hope I've helped with text-to-speech, just click on "Start Narrator" from Ease of Access then click on the windows header of that you wish to have read aloud.

You might find this tutorial helpfull,...
Text to Speech Shortcut - Create

And here's search results for "text to speech"...
Windows 7 Forums - Search Results

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i started narrator and it cycled reading the ease of access window. i opened a word document and clicked on the header but it kept reading the same?
 

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Text To Speech

i started narrator and it cycled reading the ease of access window. i opened a word document and clicked on the header but it kept reading the same?

Try the portable version of this as you can run it without installing it:

Balabolka

It's the best free text to speech software that I've used.
 

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Thank you, and thank you for your prompt response.

i have it installed and it works fine. it is a pity Microsoft cannot approach the simplicity and quality of apple text to speech on the ipad
 

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