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Help with hearing websites

Making your computer talk with Window's Narrator

To start Narrator:

  1. Open the ' Start ' menu by clicking on the ' Start ' button or by pressing the Windows logo key (located between the Ctrl and Alt keys on most keyboards),
    alternatively press ' Ctrl ' + ' Esc ' .
  2. Click on ' All Programs ' or alternatively press ' P ' on the keyboard until All Programs is highlighted and then press ' Enter ' .
  3. Click on ' Accessories ' or press ' A ' on the keyboard until ' Accessories ' is highlighted and then press ' Enter ' .
  4. Click on ' Accessibility ' or if you are using the keyboard, it will already be highlighted so just press ' Enter '.
  5. Click on ' Narrator ' or press ' N ' until ' Narrator' is highlighted and then press ' Enter '.
  6. The ' Microsoft Narrator ' window will then appear and ' Narrator ' immediately starts talking and reads out the instructions on how to use this feature.
After clicking on the ' OK ' button or pressing ' Enter ' , another window appears which has various options which you can select by clicking on the checkbox or tabbing to the checkbox and pressing the ' Spacebar ' . You can also adjust the voice settings from here by clicking on the ' Voice ' button or pressing ' V ' on the keyboard.