Spoken Content Feature

Today, let's look at how to have our Mac read to us with a cool feature called Spoken Content. Before we jump in, let's talk about what Spoken Content is and how it's different from other voice-related features on our Mac. There's our Siri Smart Assistant, which lets us ask questions aloud and get spoken answers.

Siri: I'm here.

Narrator: There's the VoiceOver screen reader, which speaks all the visible info on our screen, like buttons, text, menu options, and icons.

VoiceOver: Welcome to VoiceOver. VoiceOver speaks descriptions of items on the screen and can be used to control the computer using only your keyboard.

Narrator: And then there's Spoken Content, which reads aloud only the text we ask it to read. It's perfect for reading those long emails, documents, and articles on webpages without making our eyes tired.

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