![]() Not all programs can read out loud the way Mail and Safari can, and of the ones the can, not all do it via Edit/Speech/Start Speaking. The button disappears if Safari doesn’t think it can figure out what the story is.) Use it any time you want to hide a web page’s clutter and focus on the story. (Reader is worth knowing about even if you’re not going to have the page read to you out loud. Here’s what it looks like:Ĭlick it again to make Reader go away. Swtich to “Reader” mode by clicking the gray Reader button in the address bar. Nice and neat! No distractions! Plus, if you do Command-A here, you’ll get just the story. ![]() It turns a web page like the one above into a web page like the one below. And, it prevents you from selecting just the story when you do a Select All because all of the other stuff gets selected too. There’s a story in there but there’s a lot of other junk there too. Here’s an example.įirst, here’s a web page. Reader hides “web junk” and leaves you with nothing but the article. If you use Safari’s “Reader” feature, you’ll have an easier time selecting the text you want. It’s exactly the same as Mail: Edit/Speech/Start Speaking. Safari will also read out loud any selected text. ![]() ![]() So, if you get a long email, click in the body of it, do a Select All (or Command-A), and then go to Edit/Speech/Start Speaking. Mail will read out loud any selected text. Note: here’s a link to my article about making your iPhone and iPad read out loud. As promised, here’s how to make your Mac read out loud to you. ![]()
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