[Scarlett156]

One PC has the licensed version of "Word" that has a built-in "immersive reader." It's ok once you get used to it. But the machine I want to be able to use to read Word documents (because reading page after page of text makes my poor old eyes tired) has Word 2007 and it doesn't even have a "speak" command listed under "all commands."

When I open Windows 10 "narrator" it ONLY reads like the document name and that's it. Supposedly if you press the "narrator" button (supposed to be "caps lock" or "insert" and that's how it is set up in "settings") and "down arrow" Narrator will start reading your document. BUT IT DOESN'T.

Another video said there is a "speak" command in all versions of Word after 2003. I cannot find it in Word 2007.

I want to be able to open Word, pull up a document, and have old David read it. THAT'S ALL. The laptop I want to use for this should be able to do it.

I thought maybe I had jiggered the settings so went to an article about how to reset all the "narrator" settings - there are not the same categories on the screen that show up when you go into "narrator settings" - like there's supposed to be something called "commands" where you can reset the commands. NO THERE ISN'T.

I'm getting ready to throw two computers out the window into the snow. ALL I WANT TO DO IS HAVE THE D4MN THING READ A DOCUMENT FROM THE BEGINNING. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO DO. AND WHEN I OPEN NARRATOR ALL IT DOES IS READ THE D4MN HEADINGS AND BUTTONS AND STUFF AND THEN THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO MAKE IT READ THE TEXT.

Seriously. I opened a PDF document. It read all the garbage at the side of the page but didn't read the text on the page. I pressed "capslock" and "down arrow" a bunch of times. NOTHING.

[Responsibility2nd]

This is Hugh and Series.

Forget about the Russian/Ukraine war. This belongs in BREAKING NEWS. I’m going to worry the rest of this day about how you will resolve this major, major problem.

[z3n]

Which version of Word are you running.

I just opened a doc, highlighted some text, went to the search bar at the top tool bar Alt-Q, and typed in “Read Aloud” and it worked

[lefty-lie-spy]

“One PC…”
There’s your problem.

[sauropod]

Buy Deagon.

[Disambiguator]

Maybe the feature is voice activated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7eooMouleQ

[minnesota_bound]

I typed in my Word 2016: Narrator
The result is below:

“Read Aloud is only available for Office 2019, Office 2021, and Microsoft 365”

You can buy Office but they need you to have Windows 10.
You want to buy the one time purchase version like Office 2021
Do not rent Office 365....

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=microsoft+office&crid=3334N6Y3PNO96&sprefix=microsoft+office+%2Caps%2C271&ref=nb_sb_noss_2