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Using the Speech icon in Control Panel,
you can control the voice properties, speed, and other options
for text-to-speech (TTS) translation. For example, you can
choose text-to-speech voices, the rate of speech for
text-to-speech playback, and select a preferred audio device as
output for text-to-speech playback.
In this section, see step by step tutorials to:
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Choose the
Text-to-Speech Playback Voice
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Choose the Rate of
Speech for the Text-to-Speech Playback Voice
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Choose an Audio
Device for Text-to-Speech Playback
Choose the Text-to-Speech
Playback Voice
Text-to-speech (TTS) is the ability of the
operating system to play back printed text as spoken words. An
internal driver, called a TTS engine, recognizes the text and,
using a synthesized voice chosen from several pre-generated
voices, speaks the written text. A TTS engine is installed with
the Windows XP operating system. Additional engines are also
available through third party manufacturers. This procedure
tells you how to select a playback voice associated with the TTS
engine you use through Speech Properties in Control
Panel.
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Mouse actions |
Keyboard actions |
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On the
Start menu:
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Select
Control Panel. |
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Display the
Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo
key  ).
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Select
Control Panel by pressing C. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are
showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View.
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Select
Speech. |
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In
Control Panel:
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Be sure you
are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
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If not,
under Control Panel in the left pane, select
Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
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Press
ENTER.
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Move to
Speech by pressing the arrow keys.
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Press
ENTER. |
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In the
Speech Properties dialog box, under Voice Selection:
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Select a
voice option from the list.
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Select
OK. |
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In the
Speech Properties dialog box:
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Move to
Voice Selection by pressing ALT+V.
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Select a
voice from the list of options by pressing the arrow keys.
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Press
ENTER. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Select the
Close button. |
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To close
Control Panel:
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Press ALT+F,
C. |
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Control Panel: Speech: Text to Speech
tab: Voice selection |
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