Use the Speak text-to-speech feature to read text aloud
Speak is a built-in feature of Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote. You can use Speak to have text read aloud in the language of your version of Office. Text-to-speech (TTS) is the ability of your computer to play back written text as spoken words.
Dictate your documents in Word - Microsoft Support
Dictation lets you use speech-to-text to author content in Microsoft 365 with a microphone and reliable internet connection. It's a quick and easy way to get your thoughts out, create drafts or outlines, and capture notes.
Dictate text using Speech Recognition - Microsoft Support
Listen to your Word documents with Read Aloud. Converting text to speech in Excel. Download voices for Immersive Reader, Read Mode, and Read Aloud. Talk instead of typing your documents with Dictate or speech recognition.
Download languages and voices for Immersive Reader, Read …
If you use OneNote Learning Tools, Learning Tools in Word, and Read Aloud in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Edge, you can download and apply new languages and voices for text-to-speech features.
Add an editing or authoring language or set language preferences …
Open an Office program, such as Word. Select File > Options > Language. Under Office display language, on the Set the Office Language Preferences, select Install additional display languages from Office.com. Choose the desired language in the …
Translate text into a different language - Microsoft Support
In Word for Microsoft 365 when you open a document in a language other than a language you have installed in Word, Word will intelligently offer to translate the document for you. Click the Translate button and a new, machine-translated, copy of the document will be created for you.
Make your Word documents accessible to people with disabilities
This topic gives you step-by-step instructions and best practices on how to make your Word documents accessible and unlock your content to everyone, including people with disabilities. You learn, for example, how to work with the Accessibility Checker to tackle accessibility issues while you're writing your document.
Switch between languages using the Language bar
Use the Language bar when you: Want to switch between languages with a Latin alphabet, such as English, Spanish, or French, and a language with a non-Latin alphabet, such as Arabic or Chinese. Want to switch between languages with a non-Latin alphabet, such as Greek or …
Word Options (Advanced) - Microsoft Support
Use advanced Word options to customize editing tasks, document display, printing preferences, and more. To choose your advanced Word options, select File > Options, and on the left pane, select Advanced.
Dictate text using Speech Recognition - Microsoft Support
Listen to your Word documents with Read Aloud. Converting text to speech in Excel. Download voices for Immersive Reader, Read Mode, and Read Aloud. Talk instead of typing your documents with Dictate or speech recognition.