Text to Speech on Macbook Pro Kindle

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Text to Speech on Macbook Pro Kindle

I've tried to set up the text to speech on Mac Kindle and it's not working. Everytime I highlight the words I want to hear read aloud, the highlighted words are lost and my laptop fails to read the words. I've tried holding the command buttons down and it still doesn't work. I have updated everything to the latest version of Apple. Anyone got any ideas of what I might be doing wrong or how I can repair dictation.

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Angie

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), iOS 5.1

Posted on Aug 29, 2013 12:30 PM

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dominic23

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Aug 29, 2013 12:53 PM in response to asp9990

OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

System Preferences > Dictation & Speech > Text to Speech

1. Put a checkmark in the box beside

"Speak selected text when the key is pressed

current key: Option + Esc"

2. Highlight the words and press option+esc keys.

You can change the keys if you want.

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asp9990 Author

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Aug 30, 2013 1:47 AM in response to dominic23

Hi Dom,

Thanks for your reply but I've already tried that and it hasn't worked. When I highlight the words and press command-esc to words are no longer highlighted and it won't read the words. It seems to only happen on the Kindle application. Do you have any other ideas of how I can resolve it.

Regards,

Angie😉

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