Text-to-Speech

DocsPlus includes realistic voices that can speak a writer's words back to them (other voices installed on your device can also be used).

 

The speech feedback draws attention to mistakes and helps writers to choose the right punctuation.

Document

By default, words are spoken when clicked and sentences are spoken automatically when punctuated.

 

To speak the Document from the text cursor position, click  in the Document ribbon tab. To speak everything, move the text cursor to the beginning/end of your writing.

Right-click

To speak these items, right-click them:

 

• Predictor and Spell Checker suggestions.
• Words in a Wordbar and WorkSpace.
• Tools in the ribbon and above the grid.

Sound Shift

With Sound Shift, you can speak the above items with a normal click (instead of right-click).

 

It also provides more ways to speak Document text:

 

• To speak a sentence, double-click it.
• To speak a paragraph, triple-click it.

To enable Sound Shift, click  (once for single use; double-click to keep it enabled). If the tool is hidden, see the Tools tab in Display Options.

 

When using a WorkSpace, click  in the lower toolbar.

Customize

To choose a different voice, click the  beside  in the Document ribbon tab.

 

To change various preferences, such as text highlighting and what gets spoken automatically, see Speech Options.

 

To define how a certain word is pronounced, see Word Pool.

Exam Mode

Speech can be disabled entirely when Exam Mode is enabled.

 

If speech is permitted, you can optionally set abbreviations to be spoken literally, to comply with exam regulations.

 

Example	Normal	Exam Mode
02/07/1989	"the second of July, nineteen eighty nine"	"oh two, oh seven, one thousand and eighty nine"
cm	"centimeters"	"see em"
7 < 8	"seven less than eight"	"seven eight"
tsp	"teaspoon"	"tee ess pee"