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Listen To Your Word Documents

The document outlines various tools available in Word for listening to documents, including Read Aloud, Immersive Reader, Speak, and Narrator. It provides instructions on how to use these features, change settings, and troubleshoot issues. Additionally, it addresses supported languages, voice options, and privacy considerations regarding audio data usage.

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Listen To Your Word Documents

The document outlines various tools available in Word for listening to documents, including Read Aloud, Immersive Reader, Speak, and Narrator. It provides instructions on how to use these features, change settings, and troubleshoot issues. Additionally, it addresses supported languages, voice options, and privacy considerations regarding audio data usage.

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Listen to your Word documents

There are many reasons to listen to a document, such as proofreading,


multitasking, or increased comprehension and learning. Word makes
listening possible by using the text-to-speech (TTS) ability of your device to
play back written text as spoken words.

There are multiple tools for listening to your Word documents:

 Read Aloud reads all or part of your document. You can use Read
Aloud on its own or within Immersive Reader for Word in Windows
and MacOS.

 Immersive Reader is a set of tools that help improve reading


fluency and comprehension. For more information about Immersive
Reader, see Learning Tools in Word.

 Speak reads only the text you've selected. Speak is available for
Windows only. For more information about Speak, see Use the Speak
text-to-speech feature to read text aloud.

 Narrator is the Windows Screen reader app that reads your dialog
boxes, buttons, and other user interfaces as well as the text. For more
information about Narrator, see Using Windows Narrator in Office for
the web.

 Speech is a built-in accessibility feature of MacOS. When you set up


Speech preferences in your Mac system preferences, you can select
text and have it read by pressing a keyboard combination you’ve
defined.

Note: For the full list of supported languages, see Language and voice
support for the Speech service.

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Listen with Read Aloud

Read Aloud is only available for Office 2019, Office 2021, and Microsoft 365.
1. On the Review tab, select Read Aloud.

2. To play Read Aloud, select Play in in the controls.

3. To pause Read Aloud, select Pause.

4. To move from one paragraph to another, select Previous or Next.

5. To exit Read Aloud, select Stop (x).

Change Read Aloud settings


1. Select the gear icon in the controls at the top right.

2. Use the Reading speed slider to change the reading speed.

3. Under Voice Selection, select the voice you want.

4. Listen to selected text with Read Aloud.

Select the text to be read aloud.

Start Read Aloud from Review tab or shortcut or select play on Read Aloud
UI.

Keyboard shortcuts

You can easily control Read Aloud using the following keyboard shortcuts in
Windows:

CTRL + Alt + Space Start Read Aloud

CTRL + Space Play or pause Read Aloud

CTRL + Left Arrow Skip to start of current paragraph

CTRL + Left Arrow + Left Arrow Skip to start of previous paragraph

CTRL + Right Arrow Skip forward to start of next paragraph

Alt + Left Arrow Decrease reading speed

Alt + Right Arrow Increase reading speed

Listen to your documents with Speak


Speak is a built-in feature of Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Speak
reads aloud only the text you select. Read Aloud reads the entire document
starting from your cursor location like an audiobook.

To use Speak:

1. Select a word or block of text in your document.

2. In the Quick Access Toolbar, select the Speak selected text icon.

Tip: For instructions about how to add the Speak icon to your Quick Access
Toolbar, see the help article Use the Speak text-to-speech feature to read
text aloud.

Supported languages

Read Aloud uses the proofing language set for the document. To change the
language, see the help article Fix text-to-speech reading in wrong language.

Voices

Depending on your platform, text-to-speech (TTS) uses software that comes


built into your device or through a Microsoft service. The voices available will
differ between TTS services. If you’re using Immersive Reader, see the help
article Download voices for Immersive Reader, Read Mode, and Read
Aloud for more information.

Our team is working on making voices sound more natural, so keep looking
for improvements.

Troubleshooting

If you don’t see Read Aloud available, make sure that you’re signed into your
Microsoft 365 account, and then try restarting the Word app or logging out
and back in.

If you are unable to access Neural Voices, make sure you have a stable
internet connection and are signed into your Microsoft 365 account.

Privacy
Read Aloud doesn’t store your content or audio data. Microsoft uses your
content only to provide you with audio results. For more information about
experiences that analyze your content, see Connected Experiences in Office.

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