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How do I get text to speech to work in XP?
I have not been able to get text to speech to work in Excel that has Windows
XP. I haven't used this function in quite some time and I don't know if it is because of XP that it will not work or for some other reason. Should be simple to set up and use. |
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How do I get text to speech to work in XP?
We know you have Windows XP but what version of Excel do you have?
Earlier versions did not have Text to Speech capability. Here are instructions found under Help in Excel 2003 Play back worksheet data You must have speakers installed to perform this procedure. Play back a group of cells On the Tools menu, point to Speech, and then click Show Text To Speech Toolbar. Select a group of cells to read back. Choose how the computer will read back your data by clicking By Rows or By Columns on the Text To Speech toolbar. Click Speak Cells if you want the computer to read back each cell in your selection. To correct an error, click Stop Speaking , and use your mouse and keyboard to make the necessary changes. Click Speak Cells to continue having the computer read back your selection Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:02:05 -0700, MotorCityRock wrote: I have not been able to get text to speech to work in Excel that has Windows XP. I haven't used this function in quite some time and I don't know if it is because of XP that it will not work or for some other reason. Should be simple to set up and use. |
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How do I get text to speech to work in XP?
Thanks Gord - Yes I have Excel 2003 and went through all the help
instructions. The preview of the voice works fine, but when the toolbar comes up for text to speech from the Tools menu -- it does not function at all. It appears to be disabled in some way. I know I have used it before, but it is not working now. I will try the speaker set up again. Also had a help option to change the view from the control panel, but could not find that option available. "Gord Dibben" wrote: We know you have Windows XP but what version of Excel do you have? Earlier versions did not have Text to Speech capability. Here are instructions found under Help in Excel 2003 Play back worksheet data You must have speakers installed to perform this procedure. Play back a group of cells On the Tools menu, point to Speech, and then click Show Text To Speech Toolbar. Select a group of cells to read back. Choose how the computer will read back your data by clicking By Rows or By Columns on the Text To Speech toolbar. Click Speak Cells if you want the computer to read back each cell in your selection. To correct an error, click Stop Speaking , and use your mouse and keyboard to make the necessary changes. Click Speak Cells to continue having the computer read back your selection Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:02:05 -0700, MotorCityRock wrote: I have not been able to get text to speech to work in Excel that has Windows XP. I haven't used this function in quite some time and I don't know if it is because of XP that it will not work or for some other reason. Should be simple to set up and use. |
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How do I get text to speech to work in XP?
On Apr 2, 7:42*am, MotorCityRock
wrote: Thanks Gord - Yes I have Excel 2003 and went through all the help instructions. * The preview of the voice works fine, but when the toolbar comes up fortext to speechfrom the Tools menu -- it does not function at all. * It appears to be disabled in some way. * I know I have used it before, but it is not working now. *I will try the speaker set up again. *Also had a help option to change the view from the control panel, but could not find that option available. "Gord Dibben" wrote: We know you have Windows XP but what version of Excel do you have? Earlier versions did not haveText to Speechcapability. Here are instructions found under Help in Excel 2003 Play back worksheet data You must have speakers installed to perform this procedure. Play back a group of cells On the Tools menu, point to Speech, and then click ShowText To Speech Toolbar. Select a group of cells to read back. Choose how the computer will read back your data by clicking By Rows *or By Columns *on theText To Speechtoolbar. Click Speak Cells *if you want the computer to read back each cell in your selection. To correct an error, click Stop Speaking , and use your mouse and keyboard to make the necessary changes. Click Speak Cells *to continue having the computer read back your selection Gord Dibben *MS Excel MVP On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:02:05 -0700, MotorCityRock wrote: I have not been able to gettext to speechto work in Excel that has Windows XP. *I haven't used this function in quite some time and I don't know if it is because of XP that it will not work or for some other reason. *Should be simple to set up and use. Take a look at this freeware panopreter (www.panopreter.com) , it reads text files, web pages in .htm format and Word documents in many languages, It also converts such files into wave and MP3 files, so that you can hear the reading of the files with a MP3 player. |
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