Many friends buy A Mac because of its appearance level and screen quality. It can be said that the Mac computer is a gift for the screen, but there are advantages and disadvantages. The biggest disadvantage of the Mac screen is that it is not suitable for code words and blind. In fact, the Mac’s built-in voice function can solve this problem, let your eyes relax.

First, operation steps

1. The first step

First, open system preferences. In system Preferences, find the Accessibility button in the lower right corner.

2. The second step

Select the Voice TAB in accessibility options and you can see the Settings appear on the right. Check “Read the selected text when the key is pressed.

Second, use tutorial

For example, select the text you want the computer to read, you can command +a to select all.

Then, press option+ ESC on the keyboard, you will find your computer starts to read, you will find it is still very good, the computer will break sentences, just like a normal person speaking to you, just like someone reading to you, put on headphones, close your eyes, rest your eyes, you can continue to study.

Other uses

1. Read a foreign language

This function can be used to read English literature, English pronunciation, you can follow oral practice, learn spoken English sentence, if the English words in the article can not read, you can also use this function to solve, just select the word, and then hit the keyboard shortcut, the computer read out.

In speech Settings, select the system sounds a drop-down menu, then choose from, you can see the world language option, the English version has different accent, if you have friend and pass the ielts should know that the spoken language test in India the examiner is very painful thing, basic is the to participate, so this function can be used to different accents of English practice.

2. Change shortcut keys

The default shortcut key in the system is Option + ESC. Some computers have bar, and the virtual key may not be pressed correctly. In this case, the shortcut key can be replaced to facilitate blind operation.

In voice Settings, select the option to change the shortcut key. In the window that pops up, select your own shortcut key combination, such as Option + Z.

For some older users, the eyes may not see clearly, at this time can use the voice-over function, to assist the user to use the computer.

Still, the voice-over is enabled in system preferences, and every step you take is spoken, which is a very annoying feature for us young people, and it’s only suitable for special groups.

In addition to reading text, the Mac can also write, you say it writes.

Again, in system preferences, click the keyboard option

Check open dictation, here you can set the trigger dictation option, after setting, you can start using.

Operation demo

First hit the FN key twice, you can open the dictation function.

Say what you want to input at this time, then press the space bar, you can input the recognition of the voice content, try to calculate more accurate, of course, the dialect or not ha ha. This function is a very good auxiliary input function, although it can not completely free hands, but at least let the fingers get a rest, in addition, sometimes our hands play basketball or do other things injured, this function can be used to continue to work.

conclusion

These little function on the Mac, seemingly insignificant, but with a good is the good helper to improve efficiency, but the ai is currently unable to completely replace human work, so these classified as auxiliary function, can’t completely rely on, like driving, 360 panoramic images of the back, are auxiliary driving, the key still should see the driver’s technology, So these are the little things that we need to incorporate into our work to make it more efficient, rather than make it work for us. If you have a need for this, try it out. It’s probably the most underrated feature, don’t you think?