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Then the MS. It only showed links like ‘get this off my computer’ and one or two howto get a voice. I downloaded and installed one of them but nothing changed, not trial version anywhere. Sorry for the word but let’s imagine my grandma is half-blind and has to use the narrator.
But she never can because: Texts mail; internet; etc and windows are in dutch, and the english narrator does absolutely suck at dutch. She never will be able to find a dutch voice because there is nothing to tell her what she is looking at when she found a random icon at the desktop. Navigation is available using headings, links, landmarks, and more. You can read text including punctuation by page, paragraph, line, word, and character as well as determine characteristics like font and text color.
Efficiently review tables with row and column navigation. Narrator also has a navigation and reading mode called Scan Mode. Use it to get around Windows 10 using just the up and down arrows on your keyboard.
You can also use a braille display to navigate your PC and read text. Windows 10 allows to customize options for Narrator. You can change its keyboard shortcuts , personalize Narrator’s voice , enable Caps Lock warnings , and more. In Windows 10, you can change the voice for Narrator, adjust the speaking rate, pitch, and volume. See how to go to a Registry key with one click. Characters are announced immediately after you type them. Hear words as you type.
Typed words are announced immediately after you type them. Hear arrow, Tab, and other navigation keys as you type. Hear when toggle keys, like Caps lock and Num lock, are turned on or off. Hear Shift, Alt, and other modifier keys as you type. Select keyboard layout. Learn the commands for each keyboard in Appendix B: Narrator keyboard layouts and touch gestures.
Select Narrator key. You can choose if you want to use Caps lock, Insert, or both keys in Narrator commands. On touch keyboards, activate keys when I lift my finger. Characters are entered as soon as you lift your finger off the touch keyboard. Show the Narrator cursor. The Narrator cursor is highlighted with a blue focus box. Move my cursor with the Narrator cursor as Narrator reads text. When this is turned on, Narrator will move the text insertion point when navigating by views such as characters and words.
Sync the Narrator cursor and system focus. When this is turned on, the Narrator cursor and the system cursor will be synchronized when possible. Read and interact with the screen using the mouse. When this is turned on, Narrator reads what is under the mouse cursor. Select the Narrator cursor navigation mode. Two modes are available: normal and advanced. To use a braille display with Narrator, select the Download and install braille button.
For more information, go to Chapter 8: Using Narrator with Braille , and for a full list of supported displays, go to Appendix C: Supported braille displays. Sync my settings. Select the Use current settings before sign-in button if you want anyone who uses your PC to use your Narrator settings. Turn on the toggle to send diagnostic and performance data as you use Narrator.
Windows 10 More Select the down-arrow next to the switch for these settings: Start Narrator after sign-in for me: Narrator will start automatically when you sign in to your PC. Select the down-arrow for the following: Open Narrator Home: Narrator Home resides in your system tray and offers useful shortcuts to Narrator features. Narrator’s voice settings Voice: Choose from different available Narrator voices in your language.
Finally, select Get started from the Microphone section to walk through the Cortana mic setup. In the list that opens, click the language you want to add, and then click the Add button at the bottom of the list.
After restarting your PC, you’ll have the new language available for Text-to-Speech and the Learning Tools Immersive Reader will recognize the text on the page and read it in the correct language. Harpo Software.
Note: These options are provided for informational purposes only. Microsoft does not endorse any particular third-party software, nor can it offer any support for their installation and use. For help with these products, please contact their original manufacturer. These languages work on Windows 7, but some may not yet work on Windows 8, Windows 8. Magnifier, the screen-magnifying feature that comes with Windows 10, will now read text aloud.
Note : Your keyboard will default to the Standard layout. Your feedback helps make Narrator better. Additionally, for technical support for Narrator or other Microsoft assistive technology, contact the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk.
Windows 11 Windows 10 More Follow these links to learn how to use a screen reader to do things in Windows Use a screen reader to explore and navigate the Start menu in Windows Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Settings in Windows Use a screen reader to explore and navigate File Explorer in Windows Keyboarding in Microsoft Teams 2.
Chapter 2: Narrator basics How to get around the screen, find and open apps, change what Narrator reads, and adjust speech rate and volume. Chapter 3: Using scan mode How to use scan mode to navigate apps, email, and the web. Chapter 4: Reading text How to read and get info about text, such as font, text color, and punctuation.
Chapter 5: Navigation How to get more info on the app or page you’re exploring using Narrator views. Chapter 6: Using Narrator with touch How to use Narrator with touch, including basic gestures. Chapter 7: Customizing Narrator How to change how Narrator starts, determine how much feedback you hear when typing, change Narrator commands, and use third-party text-to-speech TTS software.
Chapter 8: Using Narrator with braille How to use Narrator with a refreshable braille display. Appendix B: Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures A list of Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures. Appendix C: Supported braille displays A list of braille displays supported by Narrator. Appendix D: User guides for previous versions of Narrator User guides for previous versions of Narrator Appendix E: Narrator sounds A list of the sounds Narrator uses and what those sounds mean.
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Narrator is a screen-reading app that’s built into Windows 11, so there’s nothing you need to download or install. This guide describes how to use Narrator with Windows so that you can start using apps, browsing the web, and more.
To obtain additional languages or formats, contact the Disability Answer Desk. Want to learn how to use Narrator to do things in Office apps, like Outlook and Word? Check out the articles on this page: Use a screen reader with Office apps.
Use a screen reader to explore and navigate the Start menu in Windows. Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Settings in Windows. Use a screen reader to explore and navigate File Explorer in Windows. Keyboarding in Microsoft Teams 2. Use a screen reader with the flyout window in Microsoft Teams 2. Chapter 1: Introducing Narrator. Chapter 2: Narrator basics. How to get around the screen, find and open apps, change what Narrator reads, and adjust speech rate and volume.
Chapter 3: Using scan mode. Chapter 4: Reading text. Chapter 5: Navigation. Chapter 6: Using Narrator with touch. Chapter 7: Customizing Narrator. How to change how Narrator starts, determine how much feedback you hear when typing, change Narrator commands, and use third-party text-to-speech TTS software. Chapter 8: Using Narrator with braille. Appendix A: Supported languages and voices.
Appendix B: Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures. Appendix C: Supported braille displays. Appendix D: User guides for previous versions of Narrator. Appendix E: Narrator sounds. Tip: The Narrator key is a modifier key in the Narrator commands. Both the Caps lock and Insert keys serve as your Narrator key by default.
For more info on the Narrator key, go to Chapter 2: Narrator basics or Appendix B: Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures. For a list of the keyboard shortcuts you can use in Windows, refer to Keyboard shortcuts in Windows. For a list of keyboard shortcuts in Windows apps, refer to Keyboard shortcuts in apps. For a list of keyboard shortcuts in other Windows assistive technologies, refer to Windows keyboard shortcuts for accessibility. Scan Mode turns on automatically when you open an email.
Use the arrow keys and other Scan Mode commands—just like you would on the web—to navigate around. Narrator will give you the title of the webpage for a link. If you would like to disable all online services used by Narrator, you can turn this feature off in Narrator settings. Narrator sounds are now more functional and responsive.
For example, sounds now play for common actions, such as when you land on a link or when you turn on or off Scan Mode.
To manage sounds for common actions, go to Narrator settings. By default, Narrator reads capital letters the same as lowercase ones. Magnifier, the screen-magnifying feature that comes with Windows 11, will now read text aloud.
This might be useful if you are a low vision user who would like text read aloud on-demand. For more information, refer to Use Magnifier to make things on the screen easier to see. Narrator can now read next, current, and previous sentences. Read by sentence is available whenever you use a keyboard, touch, or braille. You can use these new commands on Braille displays by pressing dots or in command input mode.
Narrator provides five verbosity levels that impact the amount of information you hear when Narrator reads text, such as web sites, and when you interact with controls. Each level is documented in Chapter 4 with a brief description of how you might want to use it. The updated layout is more like the keyboard layout you may have experienced in other screen readers. For some commands, you can now use the numeric keypad.
You can explore all the new and updated commands in Appendix B: Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures. Find scan mode commands in Chapter 3: Using scan mode. Note: Your keyboard will default to the Standard layout. New Narrator commands will not be available in the Legacy keyboard layout if keystrokes for legacy commands conflict with those used in new Narrator features.
Open Narrator settings. You can now choose what modifier key you want to use in Narrator commands. Both the Caps Lock and Insert keys serve as your Narrator key by default. You can use either of these keys in any command that uses the Narrator key. You can change your Narrator key in Narrator settings. A Primary Action can be executed by pressing Enter or Spacebar. Additionally, several new scan mode keyboard commands have been added that allow you to select text.
You can learn more about them in Chapter 3: Using scan mode. Narrator is a screen-reading app that’s built into Windows 10, so there’s nothing you need to download or install. This release is all about helping you get things done faster.
Magnifier, the screen-magnifying feature that comes with Windows 10, will now read text aloud. Note : Your keyboard will default to the Standard layout. Your feedback helps make Narrator better. Additionally, for technical support for Narrator or other Microsoft assistive technology, contact the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk. Windows 11 Windows 10 More Follow these links to learn how to use a screen reader to do things in Windows Use a screen reader to explore and navigate the Start menu in Windows Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Settings in Windows Use a screen reader to explore and navigate File Explorer in Windows Keyboarding in Microsoft Teams 2.
Chapter 2: Narrator basics How to get around the screen, find and open apps, change what Narrator reads, and adjust speech rate and volume. Chapter 3: Using scan mode How to use scan mode to navigate apps, email, and the web. Chapter 4: Reading text How to read and get info about text, such as font, text color, and punctuation.
Chapter 5: Navigation How to get more info on the app or page you’re exploring using Narrator views. Chapter 6: Using Narrator with touch How to use Narrator with touch, including basic gestures. Chapter 7: Customizing Narrator How to change how Narrator starts, determine how much feedback you hear when typing, change Narrator commands, and use third-party text-to-speech TTS software. Chapter 8: Using Narrator with braille How to use Narrator with a refreshable braille display.
Appendix B: Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures A list of Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures. Appendix C: Supported braille displays A list of braille displays supported by Narrator. Appendix D: User guides for previous versions of Narrator User guides for previous versions of Narrator Appendix E: Narrator sounds A list of the sounds Narrator uses and what those sounds mean.
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Within Windows 10 settings, you’ll download the desired language and then set your speech language. Select the Start button, and then select Settings. Choose the language you want from the list. The language will begin to install. Under Language options select the desired downloads Language pack, Handwriting, and keyboard. Now you’ll need to change your default speech options. Begin by selecting Speech.
Speech language select the dropdown to choose your desired language. Recognize non-native accents for this language: check the box to activate this feature.
Text-to-speech: change your default voice, the speed of the voice, and preview the voice. Finally, select Get started from the Microphone section to walk through the Cortana mic setup. In the list that opens, click the language you want to add, and then click the Add button at the bottom of the list. After restarting your PC, you’ll have the new language available for Text-to-Speech and the Learning Tools Immersive Reader will recognize the text on the page and read it in the correct language.
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For help with these products, please contact their original manufacturer. These languages work on Windows 7, but some may not yet work on Windows 8, Windows 8. View a list of available eSpeak languages and codes for more information. When the download is finished, click Next at the first Setup screen to begin installation.
Enter the two-letter code s for the language s and flag s that you want to install. To use alternate voices for a language, you can select additional commands to change various voice and pronunciation attributes.
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Change the level of detail Narrator provides about text. Options include: Text only, Some control details, All control details, Some text details, and All text details. Change how capitalized text is read.
Hear phonetics as you read by character. Have Narrator use punctuation to determine pauses when reading. Hear advanced detail, like help text, on buttons and other controls. Change the level of context Narrator provides for buttons and other controls. Options include: No context, Sounds only, Immediate context, Immediate context name and type, Full context of new control, and Full context of old and new controls. Adjust when Narrator provides details about buttons and other controls.
Hear hints on how to interact with buttons and other controls. Hear only sounds for common actions. Common actions include actions like turning on and off scan mode and landing on a link. Have Narrator be more efficient in Outlook experimental. When this is selected, Outlook will allow you to triage your email in a more natural way. Hear letters, numbers, and punctuation as you type.
Characters are announced immediately after you type them. Hear words as you type. Typed words are announced immediately after you type them. Hear arrow, Tab, and other navigation keys as you type.
Hear when toggle keys, like Caps lock and Num lock, are turned on or off. Hear Shift, Alt, and other modifier keys as you type. Select keyboard layout. Learn the commands for each keyboard in Appendix B: Narrator keyboard layouts and touch gestures.
Select Narrator key. You can choose if you want to use Caps lock, Insert, or both keys in Narrator commands. On touch keyboards, activate keys when I lift my finger. Characters are entered as soon as you lift your finger off the touch keyboard. Show the Narrator cursor.
The Narrator cursor is highlighted with a blue focus box. Move my cursor with the Narrator cursor as Narrator reads text. When this is turned on, Narrator will move the text insertion point when navigating by views such as characters and words.
Sync the Narrator cursor and system focus. When this is turned on, the Narrator cursor and the system cursor will be synchronized when possible. Read and interact with the screen using the mouse. When this is turned on, Narrator reads what is under the mouse cursor.
Select the Narrator cursor navigation mode. Two modes are available: normal and advanced. To use a braille display with Narrator, select the Download and install braille button. For more information, go to Chapter 8: Using Narrator with Braille , and for a full list of supported displays, go to Appendix C: Supported braille displays. Sync my settings. Select the Use current settings before sign-in button if you want anyone who uses your PC to use your Narrator settings.
Turn on the toggle to send diagnostic and performance data as you use Narrator. Windows 10 More Select the down-arrow next to the switch for these settings: Start Narrator after sign-in for me: Narrator will start automatically when you sign in to your PC.
Select the down-arrow for the following: Open Narrator Home: Narrator Home resides in your system tray and offers useful shortcuts to Narrator features. Narrator’s voice settings Voice: Choose from different available Narrator voices in your language. General settings Use Narrator This section contains info on the toggle switch to turn Narrator on or off and links to open Narrator Home and this guide.
Start-up options Allow the shortcut key to start Narrator. Personalize Narrator’s voice Choose a voice. Change what you hear when reading and interacting Change the level of detail Narrator provides about text. Change what you hear when typing Hear letters, numbers, and punctuation as you type. The language will begin to install. Under Language options select the desired downloads Language pack, Handwriting, and keyboard. Now you’ll need to change your default speech options.
Begin by selecting Speech. Speech language select the dropdown to choose your desired language. Recognize non-native accents for this language: check the box to activate this feature. Text-to-speech: change your default voice, the speed of the voice, and preview the voice. Finally, select Get started from the Microphone section to walk through the Cortana mic setup. In the list that opens, click the language you want to add, and then click the Add button at the bottom of the list. After restarting your PC, you’ll have the new language available for Text-to-Speech and the Learning Tools Immersive Reader will recognize the text on the page and read it in the correct language.
Harpo Software. Note: These options are provided for informational purposes only. Microsoft does not endorse any particular third-party software, nor can it offer any support for their installation and use. For help with these products, please contact their original manufacturer. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 7 Search Community member. I am looking for a Dutch voice for the narrator.
Thought the program itself would have some link to the downloadwebsite but it is nowhere to be found. Also bing can’t find it not that it ever found something before.. Then the MS. It only showed links like ‘get this off my computer’ and one or two howto get a voice.
I downloaded and installed one of them but nothing changed, not trial version anywhere. Sorry for the word but let’s imagine my grandma is half-blind and has to use the narrator. But she never can because: Texts mail; internet; etc and windows are in dutch, and the english narrator does absolutely suck at dutch. She never will be able to find a dutch voice because there is nothing to tell her what she is looking at when she found a random icon at the desktop.
Narrator is a screen-reading app built into Windows Narrator lets users with vision issues to use PC and complete common tasks. The user can change its voice, adjust the speaking rate, pitch, and volume. Here’s how it can be done. It reads and interacts with things on the screen, like text and buttons. Use Narrator to read and write email, browse the Internet, and work with documents. Specific commands let you navigate Windows, the web, and apps, as well as get info about the area of the PC you’re in.
Navigation is available using headings, links, landmarks, and more. You can read text including punctuation by page, paragraph, line, word, and character as well as determine characteristics like font and text color. Efficiently review tables with row and column navigation. Narrator also has a navigation and reading mode called Scan Mode. Use it to get around Windows 10 using just the up and down arrows on your keyboard. You can also use a braille display to navigate your PC and read text.
Windows 10 allows to customize options for Narrator. You can change its keyboard shortcutspersonalize Narrator’s voiceenable Caps Lock warningsand more. In Windows 10, you can change the voice for Narrator, adjust the speaking rate, pitch, http://replace.me/21666.txt volume.
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Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 7 Search Community member. I am looking for a Dutch voice for the narrator. Thought the program itself would have some link to the downloadwebsite but it is nowhere to be found. Also bing can’t find it not that it ever found something before..
Then the MS. It only showed links like ‘get this off my computer’ and one or two howto get a voice. I downloaded and installed one of them but nothing changed, not trial version anywhere. Sorry for the word but let’s imagine my grandma is half-blind and has to use the narrator. But she never can because: Texts mail; internet; etc and windows are in dutch, and the english narrator does absolutely suck at dutch.
She never will be able to find a dutch voice because there is nothing to tell her what she is looking at when she found a random icon at the desktop. If she would find the web she would never know where to look to search something.
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Dec 30,  · Other voices for Windows Narrator. I am looking for a Dutch voice for the narrator. Thought the program itself would have some link to the downloadwebsite but it is nowhere to be found. Also bing can’t find it (not that it ever found something before..) and google didn’t come up with much usefullness either. Aug 26,  · Best text to voice and text to speech (TTS) app Include pinksheep voice (pink sheep), MLG voice – Daniel UK, CORTANA voice and others Recommended by YouTubers [they uses this app] Works offline after save audio Great for YouTube and TikTok videos Text to Speech, Read Aloud TTS BEST text-to-speech TTS. Narrator will give you the title of the webpage for a link. Press Narrator + Ctrl + D, and Narrator will take the URL of the hyperlink you are on and send it to an online service that will provide the page title to Narrator. And when focus is on an image, the Narrator + Ctrl + D command provides a description of the image. If you would like to disable all online services used by . You can find most of these options in your Narrator settings by pressing Windows logo key + Ctrl + N. Use Narrator settings Narrator: Turn this On to activate Narrator. Select the down-arrow next to the switch for these settings: Start Narrator after sign-in for me: Narrator will start automatically when you sign in to your PC. Mar 29,  · Set Up Narrator in Windows To use Narrator, you must first enable the feature. In Windows 10, go to Settings > Ease of Access > Narrator to .
You can find most of these options in your Narrator settings by pressing Windows logo key + Ctrl + N. Use Narrator settings Narrator: Turn this On to activate Narrator. Select the down-arrow next to the switch for these settings: Start Narrator after sign-in for me: Narrator will start automatically when you sign in to your PC. May 09,  · If you’re having trouble with the narrator playing two voices, there could be a number of causes. Here are some steps you can try to narrow down the issue: Reinstall or update your audio drivers: Press Windows Key+X and choose Device Manager. – Find your audio device in the list. – Right-click it and choose Update Driver. Mar 29,  · Set Up Narrator in Windows To use Narrator, you must first enable the feature. In Windows 10, go to Settings > Ease of Access > Narrator to . Aug 26,  · Best text to voice and text to speech (TTS) app Include pinksheep voice (pink sheep), MLG voice – Daniel UK, CORTANA voice and others Recommended by YouTubers [they uses this app] Works offline after save audio Great for YouTube and TikTok videos Text to Speech, Read Aloud TTS BEST text-to-speech TTS. Narrator will give you the title of the webpage for a link. Press Narrator + Ctrl + D, and Narrator will take the URL of the hyperlink you are on and send it to an online service that will provide the page title to Narrator. And when focus is on an image, the Narrator + Ctrl + D command provides a description of the image. If you would like to disable all online services used by .
You can find most of these options in your Narrator settings by pressing Windows logo key + Ctrl + N. Use Narrator settings Narrator: Turn this On to activate Narrator. Select the down-arrow next to the switch for these settings: Start Narrator after sign-in for me: Narrator will start automatically when you sign in to your PC. Dec 30,  · Other voices for Windows Narrator. I am looking for a Dutch voice for the narrator. Thought the program itself would have some link to the downloadwebsite but it is nowhere to be found. Also bing can’t find it (not that it ever found something before..) and google didn’t come up with much usefullness either. Aug 26,  · Best text to voice and text to speech (TTS) app Include pinksheep voice (pink sheep), MLG voice – Daniel UK, CORTANA voice and others Recommended by YouTubers [they uses this app] Works offline after save audio Great for YouTube and TikTok videos Text to Speech, Read Aloud TTS BEST text-to-speech TTS. Mar 29,  · Set Up Narrator in Windows To use Narrator, you must first enable the feature. In Windows 10, go to Settings > Ease of Access > Narrator to .
Sync my Narrator settings on this device: Select the Sync settings button if you want anyone who uses your PC to use your Narrator settings. This is recommended if you use a serial braille display. Get image descriptions, page titles, and popular links. Automatically send diagnostic and performance data: Turn this On to send diagnostic and performance data as you use Narrator.
Privacy Statement: Understand how Microsoft uses your Narrator data and for what purposes. Next: Chapter 8: Using Narrator with braille. Go back to the Table of Contents. This section contains info on the toggle switch to turn Narrator on or off and links to open Narrator Home and this guide. Allow the shortcut key to start Narrator. Start Narrator after sign-in for me. Narrator will start automatically when you sign in to your PC. Start Narrator before sign-in for everyone.
Narrator will run on your PC before anyone signs in. You can also turn this on or off in Narrator Home. Minimize Narrator Home to the system tray. When this is enabled, Narrator will minimize to the system tray instead of the taskbar. Choose a voice.
Choose from different available Narrator voices in your language. Learn how to add more voices. Control the speed at which Narrator speaks. Adjust the volume at which Narrator speaks.
Lower the volume of other apps. The audio volume from other apps is lowered so you can hear Narrator better. Narrator lets you choose your default audio output device. Change the level of detail Narrator provides about text. Options include: Text only, Some control details, All control details, Some text details, and All text details.
Change how capitalized text is read. Hear phonetics as you read by character. Have Narrator use punctuation to determine pauses when reading. Hear advanced detail, like help text, on buttons and other controls.
Change the level of context Narrator provides for buttons and other controls. Options include: No context, Sounds only, Immediate context, Immediate context name and type, Full context of new control, and Full context of old and new controls.
Adjust when Narrator provides details about buttons and other controls. Hear hints on how to interact with buttons and other controls. Hear only sounds for common actions. Common actions include actions like turning on and off scan mode and landing on a link. Have Narrator be more efficient in Outlook experimental. When this is selected, Outlook will allow you to triage your email in a more natural way. Hear letters, numbers, and punctuation as you type. Characters are announced immediately after you type them.
Hear words as you type. Typed words are announced immediately after you type them. Hear arrow, Tab, and other navigation keys as you type. Hear when toggle keys, like Caps lock and Num lock, are turned on or off. Hear Shift, Alt, and other modifier keys as you type. Select keyboard layout. Learn the commands for each keyboard in Appendix B: Narrator keyboard layouts and touch gestures.
Select Narrator key. You can choose if you want to use Caps lock, Insert, or both keys in Narrator commands. On touch keyboards, activate keys when I lift my finger. Characters are entered as soon as you lift your finger off the touch keyboard. Show the Narrator cursor. The Narrator cursor is highlighted with a blue focus box. Move my cursor with the Narrator cursor as Narrator reads text.
When this is turned on, Narrator will move the text insertion point when navigating by views such as characters and words. Sync the Narrator cursor and system focus. When this is turned on, the Narrator cursor and the system cursor will be synchronized when possible. Read and interact with the screen using the mouse. When this is turned on, Narrator reads what is under the mouse cursor.
Select the Narrator cursor navigation mode. Two modes are available: normal and advanced. To use a braille display with Narrator, select the Download and install braille button.
For more information, go to Chapter 8: Using Narrator with Braille , and for a full list of supported displays, go to Appendix C: Supported braille displays. Sync my settings. Select the Use current settings before sign-in button if you want anyone who uses your PC to use your Narrator settings. Turn on the toggle to send diagnostic and performance data as you use Narrator.
Windows 10 More Select the down-arrow next to the switch for these settings: Start Narrator after sign-in for me: Narrator will start automatically when you sign in to your PC. Select the down-arrow for the following: Open Narrator Home: Narrator Home resides in your system tray and offers useful shortcuts to Narrator features.
Narrator’s voice settings Voice: Choose from different available Narrator voices in your language. General settings Use Narrator This section contains info on the toggle switch to turn Narrator on or off and links to open Narrator Home and this guide.
Start-up options Allow the shortcut key to start Narrator. Personalize Narrator’s voice Choose a voice. Change what you hear when reading and interacting Change the level of detail Narrator provides about text. Change what you hear when typing Hear letters, numbers, and punctuation as you type. Hear function keys as you type Hear arrow, Tab, and other navigation keys as you type Hear when toggle keys, like Caps lock and Num lock, are turned on or off Hear Shift, Alt, and other modifier keys as you type Choose keyboard settings Select keyboard layout.
Create your own keyboard commands Choose the command to customize. Recognize non-native accents for this language: check the box to activate this feature.
Text-to-speech: change your default voice, the speed of the voice, and preview the voice. Finally, select Get started from the Microphone section to walk through the Cortana mic setup. In the list that opens, click the language you want to add, and then click the Add button at the bottom of the list.
After restarting your PC, you’ll have the new language available for Text-to-Speech and the Learning Tools Immersive Reader will recognize the text on the page and read it in the correct language. Harpo Software. Note: These options are provided for informational purposes only. Microsoft does not endorse any particular third-party software, nor can it offer any support for their installation and use.
For help with these products, please contact their original manufacturer. These languages work on Windows 7, but some may not yet work on Windows 8, Windows 8. View a list of available eSpeak languages and codes for more information. When the download is finished, click Next at the first Setup screen to begin installation. Enter the two-letter code s for the language s and flag s that you want to install.
To use alternate voices for a language, you can select additional commands to change various voice and pronunciation attributes. Need more help? Join the discussion. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help.
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Read More Do not sell my personal information. Options include After controls or Before controls. Hear Narrator announce when I type: Select the down-arrow to select which items you want Narrator to announce:.
Arrow, Tab, and other navigation keys. Toggle keys, like Caps lock and Num lock. Both the Caps lock and Insert keys serve as your Narrator key by default. You can use either of these keys in any command that uses the Narrator key.
Select the down-arrow to set:. On touch keyboards, activate keys when I lift my finger: Characters are entered as soon as you lift your finger off the touch keyboard. Read and interact with the screen using the mouse: When this is turned on, Narrator reads what is under the mouse cursor. Use the numeric keypad to move the mouse. More about Narrator keyboard layouts: Provides more information about Narrator keyboard commands. Create a custom keyboard layout: Opens a dialogue where you can assign custom commands for Narrator functions.
In the Type a keyboard shortcut window, type the keyboard shortcut you want to use on your keyboard. Use any combination of modifier keys Control, Shift, Alt, Caps lock, or the Windows logo key together with a non-modifier key. Use function and numeric keypad keys without any modifiers. Select Restore all default to return all commands back to their default settings. Show the Narrator cursor: When this is turned On , the Narrator cursor is highlighted with a blue focus box.
Move my cursor with the Narrator cursor as Narrator reads text: When this is turned On , Narrator will move the text insertion point when navigating by views such as characters and words. Sync the Narrator cursor and system focus: When this is turned On , the Narrator cursor and the system cursor will be synchronized when possible.
Navigation mode: Two modes are available: Normal and Advanced. Normal mode is recommended and allows Narrator to move between various items such as links, tables, and other elements. Advanced mode lets you use the four arrow keys to move the Narrator cursor through a programmatic representation of an application. Sync my Narrator settings on this device: Select the Sync settings button if you want anyone who uses your PC to use your Narrator settings.
This is recommended if you use a serial braille display. Get image descriptions, page titles, and popular links. Automatically send diagnostic and performance data: Turn this On to send diagnostic and performance data as you use Narrator.
Privacy Statement: Understand how Microsoft uses your Narrator data and for what purposes. Next: Chapter 8: Using Narrator with braille.
Go back to the Table of Contents. This section contains info on the toggle switch to turn Narrator on or off and links to open Narrator Home and this guide.
Allow the shortcut key to start Narrator. Start Narrator after sign-in for me. Narrator will start automatically when you sign in to your PC. Start Narrator before sign-in for everyone. Narrator will run on your PC before anyone signs in. You can also turn this on or off in Narrator Home. Minimize Narrator Home to the system tray. When this is enabled, Narrator will minimize to the system tray instead of the taskbar. Press the right and left arrow keys to move to the next or previous character.
To activate an item such as a button, press the Spacebar. You can also navigate by word or paragraph. Windows 10 More Need more help? Join the discussion. Was this information helpful? Harpo Software. Note: These options are provided for informational purposes only.
Microsoft does not endorse any particular third-party software, nor can it offer any support for their installation and use. For help with these products, please contact their original manufacturer. These languages work on Windows 7, but some may not yet work on Windows 8, Windows 8. View a list of available eSpeak languages and codes for more information. When the download is finished, click Next at the first Setup screen to begin installation. Enter the two-letter code s for the language s and flag s that you want to install.
To use alternate voices for a language, you can select additional commands to change various voice and pronunciation attributes. Need more help?
This chapter outlines how to customize Narrator so it works best for you, including changing how Narrator starts, how much feedback you hear when typing, whether the audio from other apps is decreased when Narrator is running, and changing Narrator commands to keyboard shortcuts of your choice. This chapter also provides details about how to use third-party text-to-speech TTS software to add more voices to Narrator. Narrator: Turn this On to activate Narrator.
Select the down-arrow next to the switch for these settings:. Start Narrator after sign-in for me: Narrator will start automatically when you sign in to your PC.
Start Narrator before sign-in for everyone: Narrator will run on your PC before anyone signs in. Narrator Home: Narrator Home resides in your system tray and offers useful shortcuts to Narrator features. Select the down-arrow for the following:. Open Narrator Home: Narrator Home resides in your system tray and offers useful shortcuts to Narrator features.
Show Narrator Home when Narrator starts. Complete guide to Narrator: Links to an online version of this guide. Voice: Choose from different available Narrator voices in your language. Narrator voices average a maximum of approximately words per minute.
Narrator can be used with SAPI 5-based speech synthesizers. Once installed, voices will appear in the list of voices for you to choose. Learn more about adding voices in Appendix A: Supported languages and voices. Note: The options above are provided for informational purposes only. Microsoft does not endorse any particular third-party software, nor can it offer any support for their installation and use.
For help with any of these products, please contact the original manufacturer. Speed: Control the speed at which Narrator speaks. Volume: Adjust the volume at which Narrator speaks.
Lower the volume of other apps when Narrator is speaking: The audio volume from other apps is lowered so you can hear Narrator better. Narrator audio output device: Narrator lets you choose your default audio output device. Verbosity level: Select how descriptive Narrator is about what it is reading.
Options include: 1 – Text only , 2 – Some control details , 3 – All control details , 4 – Some text details , and 5 – All text details. Select the down-arrow for more options:. Pause slightly when reading punctuation: Read advanced detail, like help text, on buttons and other controls. Context level for buttons and controls: Options include: No context , Immediate context , Immediate context name and type , Full context of new control , and Full context of old and new controls.
Read hints on how to interact with buttons and other controls. Play sounds instead of announcements for common actions: Common actions include actions like turning scan mode on and off, or landing on a link. Tell me details about buttons and other controls. Options include After controls or Before controls.
Hear Narrator announce when I type: Select the down-arrow to select which items you want Narrator to announce:. Arrow, Tab, and other navigation keys.
Toggle keys, like Caps lock and Num lock. Both the Caps lock and Insert keys serve as your Narrator key by default. You can use either of these keys in any command that uses the Narrator key. Select the down-arrow to set:. On touch keyboards, activate keys when I lift my finger: Characters are entered as soon as you lift your finger off the touch keyboard. Read and interact with the screen using the mouse: When this is turned on, Narrator reads what is under the mouse cursor.
Use the numeric keypad to move the mouse. More about Narrator keyboard layouts: Provides more information about Narrator keyboard commands. Create a custom keyboard layout: Opens a dialogue where you can assign custom commands for Narrator functions. In the Type a keyboard shortcut window, type the keyboard shortcut you want to use on your keyboard. Use any combination of modifier keys Control, Shift, Alt, Caps lock, or the Windows logo key together with a non-modifier key.
Use function and numeric keypad keys without any modifiers. Select Restore all default to return all commands back to their default settings. Show the Narrator cursor: When this is turned On , the Narrator cursor is highlighted with a blue focus box.
Move my cursor with the Narrator cursor as Narrator reads text: When this is turned On , Narrator will move the text insertion point when navigating by views such as characters and words. Sync the Narrator cursor and system focus: When this is turned On , the Narrator cursor and the system cursor will be synchronized when possible. Navigation mode: Two modes are available: Normal and Advanced. Normal mode is recommended and allows Narrator to move between various items such as links, tables, and other elements.
Advanced mode lets you use the four arrow keys to move the Narrator cursor through a programmatic representation of an application. Sync my Narrator settings on this device: Select the Sync settings button if you want anyone who uses your PC to use your Narrator settings.
This is recommended if you use a serial braille display. Get image descriptions, page titles, and popular links. Automatically send diagnostic and performance data: Turn this On to send diagnostic and performance data as you use Narrator.
Privacy Statement: Understand how Microsoft uses your Narrator data and for what purposes. Next: Chapter 8: Using Narrator with braille. Go back to the Table of Contents. This section contains info on the toggle switch to turn Narrator on or off and links to open Narrator Home and this guide.
Allow the shortcut key to start Narrator. Start Narrator after sign-in for me. Narrator will start automatically when you sign in to your PC. Start Narrator before sign-in for everyone. Narrator will run on your PC before anyone signs in. You can also turn this on or off in Narrator Home. Minimize Narrator Home to the system tray. When this is enabled, Narrator will minimize to the system tray instead of the taskbar.
Choose a voice. Choose from different available Narrator voices in your language. Learn how to add more voices. Control the speed at which Narrator speaks. Adjust the volume at which Narrator speaks. Lower the volume of other apps. The audio volume from other apps is lowered so you can hear Narrator better. Narrator lets you choose your default audio output device. Change the level of detail Narrator provides about text.
Options include: Text only, Some control details, All control details, Some text details, and All text details. Change how capitalized text is read. Hear phonetics as you read by character. Have Narrator use punctuation to determine pauses when reading. Hear advanced detail, like help text, on buttons and other controls.
Change the level of context Narrator provides for buttons and other controls. Options include: No context, Sounds only, Immediate context, Immediate context name and type, Full context of new control, and Full context of old and new controls. Adjust when Narrator provides details about buttons and other controls. Hear hints on how to interact with buttons and other controls.
Hear only sounds for common actions. Common actions include actions like turning on and off scan mode and landing on a link. Have Narrator be more efficient in Outlook experimental. When this is selected, Outlook will allow you to triage your email in a more natural way. Hear letters, numbers, and punctuation as you type. Characters are announced immediately after you type them. Hear words as you type. Typed words are announced immediately after you type them.
Hear arrow, Tab, and other navigation keys as you type. Hear when toggle keys, like Caps lock and Num lock, are turned on or off.
Hear Shift, Alt, and other modifier keys as you type. Select keyboard layout.
Dec 30, · Other voices for Windows Narrator. I am looking for a Dutch voice for the narrator. Thought the program itself would have some link to the downloadwebsite but it is nowhere to be found. Also bing can’t find it (not that it ever found something before..) and google didn’t come up with much usefullness either. Narrator will give you the title of the webpage for a link. Press Narrator + Ctrl + D, and Narrator will take the URL of the hyperlink you are on and send it to an online service that will provide the page title to Narrator. And when focus is on an image, the Narrator + Ctrl + D command provides a description of the image. If you would like to disable all online services used by . Mar 29, · Set Up Narrator in Windows To use Narrator, you must first enable the feature. In Windows 10, go to Settings > Ease of Access > Narrator to . May 09, · If you’re having trouble with the narrator playing two voices, there could be a number of causes. Here are some steps you can try to narrow down the issue: Reinstall or update your audio drivers: Press Windows Key+X and choose Device Manager. – Find your audio device in the list. – Right-click it and choose Update Driver.