Apps Read Aloud in Copilot on Web, Windows 11, and Windows 10


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This tutorial will show you how to start, pause, continue, and close Read Aloud in Copilot on Web, Windows 11, and Windows 10.

Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant designed to help you with a range of tasks and activities.

When you sign in to Copilot with your Microsoft account Copilot uses your Microsoft account to provide personalized assistance and access by default to a wide range of features. For example, saving and syncing your Copilot chat history on all devices you sign in to Copilot with the same Microsoft account.

Read Aloud is a tool in that uses the text-to-speech feature of an installed language to read the text of a web page audibly. Since Copilot is a web app, you can use Read Aloud to read text in Copilot.

You can change the voice and voice speed to customize Read Aloud in Copilot how you like.


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Option One

Start Read Aloud in Copilot


1 Open the copilot.microsoft.com site in Microsoft Edge, or Copilot app on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

2 Perform one of the following actions to start Read Aloud in Copilot: (see screenshot below)
  • Press the Ctrl + Shift + U keys.
  • Right click on an empty area in Copilot, and click/tap on Read aloud.
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Option Two

Pause Read Aloud in Copilot


1 Perform one of the following actions to pause Read Aloud in Copilot after starting: (see screenshots below)
  • Press the Ctrl + Shift + U keys.
  • Click/tap on the Pause button on the Read aloud bar at the top.
  • Right click on an empty area in Copilot, and click/tap on Pause read aloud.
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Option Three

Continue (resume) to Read Aloud in Copilot


1 Perform one of the following actions to continue Read Aloud in Copilot when paused: (see screenshots below)
  • Press the Ctrl + Shift + U keys.
  • Click/tap on the Continue button on the Read aloud bar at the top.
  • Right click on an empty area in Copilot, and click/tap on Continue to read aloud.
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Option Four

Read Previous or Next Paragraph Aloud in Copilot


1 Perform one of the following actions to read the previous or next paragraph in Copilot when Read Aloud is started: (see screenshots below)
  • Click/tap on the Read previous paragraph or Read next paragraph button on the Read aloud bar at the top.
  • Right click on an empty area in Copilot, and click/tap on Read previous paragraph or Read next paragraph.
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Option Five

Close Read Aloud in Copilot


1 Perform one of the following actions to close Read Aloud in Copilot when ready to stop and quit: (see screenshots below)
  • Click/tap on the Close (X) button on the Read aloud bar at the top.
  • Right click on an empty area in Copilot, and click/tap on Close read aloud.
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That's it,
Shawn Brink


 
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