text to speech

how do i enable speech, so that when i highlight text even on a pdf, the computer reads aloud the highlighted text

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Sep 1, 2021 4:13 PM

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Posted on Sep 2, 2021 8:46 AM

Go to System Preferences > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Speak selection


Enabling that option will allow you to have your Mac speak any selection by simply pressing the defined Keyboard Shortcut (define that under Options).

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