Reading a document out loud

You can have a document read to you in SprintPlus and in Word. In SprintPlus, the big buttons at the bottom of the screen are very convenient.
  1. Set up the read function. See Read out loud settings.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • In SprintPlus: Choose the Start tab.
    • In Word: Choose the SPRINT tab.
  3. Use the read buttons in the Read group. In SprintPlus you can also use the read buttons in the Big buttons toolbar at the bottom:
    ButtonExplanation

    Read previous Previous

    To read out loud the previous read unit.

    Read current Current

    To read out loud the current read unit.

    Read next Next

    To read out loud the next read unit.

    Click and read

    When the Click and read button is active, and you click in the text, only the specified read unit (word, line, sentence or paragraph) is read out loud. If you select a piece of text while the Click and read button is active, then the selected text is spoken, irrespective of the chosen read unit.

    Click Click and read again to disable the read out loud function.
    From cursor

    To read out loud the read unit from the cursor position.
    Read entire document

    To read out loud the entire document. The read out loud button is only available in the Big buttons toolbar.

    Pause speech Pause

    Pauses the read out loud action. Click Pause speech Pause again to continue reading.

    Stop speech Stop

    Stops the read out loud function.
    Tip: The color of the Read previous Previous , Read current Current , Read next Next  and Click and read  read buttons changes to match the specified spoken unit. Word = blue, line = yellow, sentence = red, paragraph = green, page = purple.