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Reading text aloud 59
The Text-to-Speech facility is enabled or disabled with the Tools
menu item Speech Mode or with the F10 key. A second menu item
Speech Settings... allows you to select a voice (for example, male or
female for a given language), a reading speed and the volume. You
must ensure the language selection is appropriate for the text you
want to hear.
You also have the following keyboard controls:
All speech systems will be installed with OmniPage 16 if you choose
a complete installation. If you perform a custom installation, you
can choose the languages you need.
From start of sentence to insertion
point
Ctrl + Numpad 4
Current page Ctrl + Numpad 3
From top of current page to inser-
tion point
Ctrl + Home
From insertion point to end of cur-
rent page
Ctrl + End
Previous, next or any page
Ctrl + PgUp, PgDown or navigation but-
tons
Typed characters
Each typed character is pronounced sep-
arately.
To do this: Use this:
Pause/Resume Ctrl + Numpad 5
Set speed higher Ctrl + Numpad +
Set speed lower Ctrl + Numpad –
Restore speed Ctrl + Numpad *