Reading text aloud
The ScanSoft RealSpeak® speech facility is provided for the visually impaired, but it can also be useful to anyone during text checking and verification. The speaking is controlled by movements of the insertion point in the Text Editor which can be mouse or keyboard driven.
|To hear text:||Use these keys:|
|One character at a time, forward
|Right or left arrow. Letter, number or
punctuation names are spoken.
|Current word||Ctrl + Numpad 1|
|One word to the right||Ctrl + right arrow|
|One word to the left||Ctrl + left arrow|
|A single line||Place the insertion point in the line|
|Next line||Down arrow|
|Previous line||Up arrow|
|Current sentence||Ctrl + Numpad 2|
|From insertion point to end of sentence||Ctrl + Numpad 6|
|From start of sentence to insertion
|Ctrl + Numpad 4|
|Current page||Ctrl + Numpad 3|
|From top of current page to insertion
|Ctrl + Home|
|From insertion point to end of current
|Ctrl + End|
|Previous, next or any page||Ctrl + PgUp, PgDown or navigation buttons|
|Typed characters||Each typed character is pronounced separately.|
The Text-to-Speech facility is enabled or disabled with
the Tools menu item Speech Mode or with the F10 key.
A second menu item Speech Settings... allows you to select
a voice (for example, male or female for a given language),
a reading speed and the volume. You
must ensure the language selection is appropriate for the text you want to hear.
You also have the following keyboard controls:
|To do this:||Use this:|
|Pause/Resume||Ctrl + Numpad 5|
|Set speed higher||Ctrl + Numpad +|
|Set speed lower||Ctrl + Numpad –|
|Restore speed||Ctrl + Numpad *|
All speech systems will be installed with OmniPage 16 if you choose a complete installation. If you perform a custom installation, you can choose the languages you need.