How to Make Your MacBook Read Out Loud

Your MacBook will speak out the text using your system's selected voice. This accessibility feature is easy to use and can be very helpful for anyone who has trouble reading small text or wants to multitask while listening to a body of text.

To change the voice used for speaking text, simply head over to any body of text that supports text selection, such as on a web page, highlight the text, and hit your keyboard shortcut. By default, the shortcut is Option + Esc, but you can change it to anything you prefer.

Once you've got the speak selection feature enabled on your Mac, using it is pretty easy. To change your keyboard shortcut, simply click on the Change Key... button, and when prompted, press the keyboard shortcut on the Mac you want to use instead and click OK.

To ensure the feature is enabled on your Mac, follow these steps: Launch the System Preferences app and open the Accessibility preferences pane. Click on the Speech tab in the sidebar and ensure the Speak selected text when the key is pressed option is enabled.

This accessibility feature can be very helpful for anyone who has trouble seeing small text or wants to multitask while listening to a body of text. For example, if you're trying to read a long article or document but find it hard to focus on the screen, having your MacBook speak the text out loud to you can be very useful.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to make your MacBook speak a selected body of text with ease. This feature is especially helpful for anyone who is hard of sight or wants to multitask while listening to a body of text instead of reading it. With this feature turned on, you can now use the keyboard shortcut whenever text is selected to have your MacBook speak it aloud.

Overall, making your MacBook speak selected text is an easy and useful accessibility feature that can help anyone who has trouble seeing small text or wants to multitask while listening to a body of text.

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