Read Aloud is only available for Office 2019 and Microsoft 365. On the Review tab, select Read Aloud. To play Read Aloud, select Play in in the controls. To pause Read Aloud, select Pause.
Can word read things to you?
Speak is a built-in feature of Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote. You can use Speak to have text read aloud in the language of your version of Office. Text-to-speech (TTS) is the ability of your computer to play back written text as spoken words.
How do you make Word read to you on computer?
How to get Word to read a document aloud
- In Word, open the document you want to be read aloud.
- Click "Review."
- Select "Read Aloud" in the ribbon. ...
- Click where you want to start reading.
- Hit the Play button in the Read Aloud controls.
- When you're done, click "X" to close the Read Aloud controls.
