As it happens, there is an add-in for Microsoft Word that does reading.
It is called, I think, the Word Reader, and is on the Office CD in the
extensions folder.  You can add this to your Mac, highlight any or all
of a document, and read it.

It doesn't highlight as it reads, but it will read for you.

Denis Anson, MS, OTR
Computer Access Specialist
College Misericordia
301 Lake St.
Dallas, PA 18612
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Phone: 570-674-6413


> -----Original Message-----
> From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kathleen Cahill
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 2:37 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Text readers for macintosh
>
> Hi;
>
> I know that a few people were recently discussing the lack of a full
> service screen reader for the mac and I have a related question.  I'm
> looking for a Mac based text reader that can read in email programs
and in
> word processing programs for a sighted user with a reading
> disability.  However, the only programs I have been able to locate
require
> the user to paste text into the reading program itself (such as CAST
> E-Reader and Type and Talk).  Unfortunately, any documents she has
> formatted lose their formatting when she imports a text file into the
text
> reader program.  Does anyone know of any text readers that work in
> standard
> programs (Eudora, Microsoft Word)?
>
> Thanks,
> Kathy
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Kathy Cahill
> MIT Adaptive Technology (ATIC) lab
> 77 Mass. Ave. 11-103
> Cambridge MA 02139
> (617) 253-5111
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