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How to speak cells in Excel?

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Sometimes, you may need to write down the data of a worksheet into a paper, and you may need to raise your head then lower for many times which may torment you. But if there is a voice to speak the cell contents for you, it may be so nice. Here I will tell you how to let Excel speak cells for you.

Speak cells in Excel

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If you want the Excel speak cell contents, you need to add the Speak Cell command into Customize Quick Access Toolbar first.

1. Open the worksheet you want to speak its cells, and click the Customize Quick Access Toolbar arrow > More Commands.

click more commands option

2. Click All Commands from the drop down list of Choose commands from section, and find Speak Cells command and click it by dragging the scroll-bar, and click Add button to add it to the right section. See screenshot:

add speak cells feature from the Excel options dialog

3. Click OK to close the dialog, now the Speak Cells command is in the Quick Access Toolbar. See screenshot:

Speak Cells is added to Quick Access Toolbar

Now begin to speak cell contents.

4. Select the range cells you want to be spoken, then click the Speak Cells command, and then it will speak the cell one by one in row order.

Select the range cells and click Speak Cells to speak

Note: You need make sure that the loudspeaker in your computer is enabled.

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