{"id":4789,"date":"2026-03-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/digital-capabilities\/?p=4789"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:31:14","slug":"digitip-84-read-aloud-in-word-%f0%9f%97%a3%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/digital-capabilities\/2026\/03\/03\/digitip-84-read-aloud-in-word-%f0%9f%97%a3%ef%b8%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"DigiTip 84 – Read Aloud in Word \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Short one today, but helpful!
Continuing on from last week’s DigiTip on proof-reading<\/a>, this tip is all about the text-to-speech function (or ‘read aloud’) in Microsoft Word!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we talk about exactly why this function is so useful, here’s how to make it work for you. To access it, you can either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigate to Review<\/strong> and then to Read Aloud<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Highlight your chosen text, right click, and select Read Aloud<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Or, finally, utilise any of the following keyboard shortcuts (sourced from Microsoft’s support page<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, why would you want your computer to speak out loud to you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are some reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n