Play back worksheet data

Microsoft Office Excel 2003

  1. On the Tools menu, point to Speech, and then click Show Text To Speech Toolbar.
  2. Select a group of cells to read back.
  3. Choose how the computer will read back your data by clicking By Rows Button image or By Columns Button image on the Text To Speech toolbar.
  4. Click Speak Cells Button image if you want the computer to read back each cell in your selection.
  5. To correct an error, click Stop Speaking Button image, and use your mouse and keyboard to make the necessary changes.
  6. Click Speak Cells Button image to continue having the computer read back your selection.

ShowTip

You can select a specific range of cells for the computer to read back to you, or you can click Speak Cells Button image without selecting any cells and Microsoft Excel will automatically expand the selection to include neighboring cells if there are no empty cells in the range.

ShowPlay back after every cell entry

  1. On the Tools menu, point to Speech, and then click Show Text To Speech Toolbar.
  2. On the Text to Speech toolbar, click Speak On Enter Button image.
  3. Enter data in a cell. After you press Enter, the computer will read back the data in the cell.

Note  If you hide the Text To Speech toolbar and you have not turned off Speak On Enter Button image, the computer continues to read back each cell entry you make. Be sure to click Speak On Enter Button image to turn it off.