Reading text aloud – OmniWare Pro 12 ScanSoft User Manual

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Chapter 4

Reading text aloud

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Click the on-the-fly tool with a green signal. The
zoning changes will cause changes in the Text Editor.

Click the Perform OCR button to have the whole page

(re)recognized, including your zone changes.

For details on how changes are handled in on-the-fly zoning and their
effects in the Text Editor views, see On-the-fly processing in online Help.

Reading text aloud

This speech facility is designed for the visually impaired, but it can also
be useful to anyone during text checking and verification. The speaking is
controlled by movements of the insertion point in the Text Editor which
can be mouse or keyboard driven.

To hear text:

Use these keys:

One character at a time, forward or back

Right or left arrow. Letter, number or
punctuation names are spoken.

Current word

Ctrl + Numpad 1

One word to the right

Ctrl + right arrow

One word to the left

Ctrl + left arrow

A single line

Place the insertion point in the line

Next line

Down arrow

Previous line

Up arrow

Current sentence

Ctrl + Numpad 2

From insertion point to end of sentence

Ctrl + Numpad 6

From start of sentence to insertion point

Ctrl + Numpad 4

Current page

Ctrl + Numpad 3

From top of current page to insertion point

Ctrl + Home

From insertion point to end of current page

Ctrl + End

Previous, next or any page

Ctrl + PgUp, PgDown or navigation buttons

Typed characters

Each typed character is pronounced, one by
one, including punctuation.

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