Hearing your text

Dragon can access your OS X Text to Speech capabilities, allowing you to hear text read back to you.

Say one of the following to listen to your text:

• Read That – Reads the last sentence or utterance before the cursor
• Read the selection – Reads selected text
• Read the words <word> to <word> – Reads the first specified word through the second specified word
• Read the paragraph – Reads the current paragraph
• Read the document – Reads the whole document

While the specified text is being read, Dragon will put the microphone in Sleep mode. The microphone will turn on automatically when the reading is done. To stop listening to the text, say Wake up to turn the microphone back on, then say Stop reading.

If you want to change the pace of the reading, or the voice you hear, go to your System Preferences and select Dictation & Speech, then click the Text to Speech tab.