question about Word 2010

francist44 · Aug 20, 2014

Is there a way to assign 'SPEAK SELECTED TEXT ' to say, spt or other test like you can with words? Yeah, know it takes a bit to get use it' still, I find it very helpful for spotting dropped and wrong words.
Thanks people

onesecondglance · Aug 21, 2014

Are you in Windows or OS X?

In OS X, you can set a "speak" shortcut in the main OS system settings, rather than from within Word. This means you can "speak" text in Safari and TextEdit, etc., as well as Word.

Not sure about Windows, but it may well be the same.

robjvargas · Aug 21, 2014

francist44 said:
Is there a way to assign 'SPEAK SELECTED TEXT ' to say, spt or other keys like you with words? Yeah, know it takes a bit to get use it' still, I fond very helpful for spotting dropped and wrong words.

thanks people

Autocorrect can do that. Go to the FILE tab of the ribbon bar, then Options, then Proofing (I think. I have 2013). Click on the "Autocorrect Options" button. In the section for "Replace text as you type" (as long as it's checked), you can put the shorthand text in the "Replace" blank, and SPEAK SELECTED TEXT in the "With" blank. Click the "Add" button, and it's done.

CAREFULLY choose the shorthand text, though. Autocorrect is very literal. It'll do the replace even in the middle of words if you use a plain text shorthand. I recommend putting some kind of special character in there. For example, I use brackets, like with the UBB code we use in these forums. For example, I might use [mer] to have Autocorrect make it "The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary".

Because I don't see myself ever using UBB code in MS Word

francist44 · Aug 22, 2014

robjvargas said:
Autocorrect can do that. Go to the FILE tab of the ribbon bar, then Options, then Proofing (I think. I have 2013). Click on the "Autocorrect Options" button. In the section for "Replace text as you type" (as long as it's checked), you can put the shorthand text in the "Replace" blank, and SPEAK SELECTED TEXT in the "With" blank. Click the "Add" button, and it's done.

CAREFULLY choose the shorthand text, though. Autocorrect is very literal. It'll do the replace even in the middle of words if you use a plain text shorthand. I recommend putting some kind of special character in there. For example, I use brackets, like with the UBB code we use in these forums. For example, I might use [mer] to have Autocorrect make it "The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary".

Because I don't see myself ever using UBB code in MS Word

Thanks, I'll give that a try. BTW, I'm not looking to speak, I just want to listen to what I've written, whereas more than not, when I read back my mind fills in the dropped words.

question about Word 2010

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