Narrator overview

Narrator is a text -to speech utility for users who are blind or have impaired vision. Narrator reads what is displayed on your screen: the contents of the active window, menu options, or the text you have typed., WordPad, control panel programs, Internet Explorer, the Windows desktop, and Wind owes steup.Narrater may not read words aloud correctly in other programs. Narrator has a number of options that allow you to customize the way screen elements are read.
· You can have new windows, menus, or shortcut menus read aloud when they are displayed.
· You can have typed characters read aloud.
· You can have the mouse pointer follow the active item on the screen.
· You can adjust the speed, volume, or pitch of the voice.
The accessibility tools that ship with Windows are intoned to provide a minimum level of Functionality for users with special needs. Most users with disabilities will need utility programs with more advanced functionality for daily use open Narrator.
Starting Narrator
· To open Narrator, click / Start/, point to/ All Programs/ or / Programs/, point to/ accessories/ >/ Accessibility/, and then click / Narrator /.
· To open Narrator you can use the /Run/ dialog box of the start menu, type/ narrator/, and then press/ ENTER/.
a- Select the check boxes you need to apply .
b- click on the/ voice/ button to chose different options such as voice speed, voice, pitch etc.
c- click/ Exit/ to stop and exit from the Narrator.
Note: /Narrator/ is not available for all languages and is only Supported on the English version of Windows XP.