How to Include Voice Confirmation With Excel Data Entry

Introduction

Microsoft Excel 2003 comes with a nifty text to speech tool where you can hear Excel speak what you type. Intended as a proofing tool, this feature can be fun to try.

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Step1

Tools Menu Click on Tools in the top menu bar, hover your pointer over Speech in the drop down menu, and then click on “Show Text to Speech Toolbar.” The floating Text to Speech toolbar will appear.

Step2

Text to Speech Toolbar The Text To Speech toolbar has five buttons (left to right): speak cells, stop speaking, by rows, by columns, and speak on enter.

Step3

With the “speak on enter” button clicked (far right button), as you type, each time you press enter, the data in the cell will be read. If you prefer to wait until you have the data input to do an audio proof, click within a range of data where you want the speech to begin, and then click the “Speak cells” button (first button on the left ).

Step4

Speech Properties Box You have other voices from which to choose. To select a different voice, from the Windows Start button, make your way to the Control Panel and click on Speech. On the Speech Properties box, under voice selection, choose a different option. You can test the voice by clicking on the Preview Voice button. In addition, you can increase or slow down the speed of the voice. Click OK after making changes that you want to save.