Having TextEdit read a document out loud
TextEdit can speak the text in a document. It can speak all the text or only selected text.
- To speak all the text in the document, open the document and choose Edit > Speech > "Start speaking."
- To speak only a portion of the text in a document, select the text, and choose Edit > Speech > "Start speaking."
- To make the speaking stop, choose Edit > Speech > "Stop speaking."
If you want to change the computer's speaking voice, open the Speech pane of System Preferences and click "Text to Speech." Next, choose a voice from the System Voice pop-up menu.