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    Jun 20, 2019 4 minutes

    How can I make my Mac read to me and is it possible to customise the voice that it uses? Janis Cresswell

    1 Open Preferences

    Go to System Preferences> Accessibility>Speech and then select a System Voice and adjust the Speaking Rate to suit. You can also create a keyboard shortcut to speak selected text.

    2 More voices

    From the System Voice menu, choose ‘Customise’ and see what extra voices are available. Some, such as ‘Daniel’ have enhanced versions available to download (but check the size).

    3 Novelty voices

    Scroll down to the English (United States) voices and you’ll see that there is a much greater variety of voices, including fun novelty voices. This list tends to grow steadily too.

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