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How to get Excel to speak to you in a female voice, or slower/faster! |
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A previous blog showed how to get Excel to speak to you; this one shows how to change the voice in which it does it! |
Following my previous blog on getting Excel to speak to you, I've just discovered that you can also change the voice used! On my computer, I can choose from:
Person | Comments |
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Michael | The Stephen Hawking default voice! |
Michelle | Michelle sounds weirdly like the woman's voice from the computer game Portal. A bit robotic for me. |
Anna | A laid-back, American drawl, but the only voice which sounds like a real person. |
You can also change the default speed at which each voice speaks, from slurred Slow to Pinky-and-Perky Fast.
Here's how to do this on Windows 7 (the settings depend on your operating system, not on your version of Excel). First, go into the Speech Recognition dialog box:
In your control panel, select Speech Recognition.
You can now choose who you want to speak, and at what speed:
Here I've gone for Michael at Normal speed (the default).
Great fun for a quiet hour after lunch! Just one of the many Excel training and VBA training resources on offer on this website ...
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