How To Make Google Docs Read Aloud

Launch google docs on your computer.

How to make google docs read aloud. Your chromebook will read the section aloud and. Select and highlight a portion of text or select all then click speak. Google docs will read aloud the selected text to you. Once you re in edit mode you re ready to listen. The accessibility section will appear in your google docs toolbar.

You can make google docs read text to you out loud with the text to speech function. You ll also find some interesting options for the screen reader feature under accessibility speak. Make sure to check the turn on screen reader support and click ok. Then tap a line of text or drag your finger over an area of the screen. There is also a google docs keyboard shortcut for this purpose.

You may be wondering why you need google to read out loud the text to you. Text to speech function has many potential use cases. At the bottom right near the time tap select to speak. Take for instance tts give users with speech disabilities a way to communicate easily using symbols or typed text that translate into natural sounding text to speech. Now type a word or a sentence or open a document and highlight the part you want google docs to read.

Once the required text is selected press ctrl alt x keys to start reading aloud. Select tools from the menu bar. Click on accessibility settings. How to read text with google docs screen reader to activate the screen reader you simply have to highlight the text you d like to read out and press the press ctrl alt x. To activate text to speech you ll need to first select the word or section you want read aloud.