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I love the 'say' command in OS X. It's quite possibly the most fun little part of the Mac that I've seen in a while.

However, having to go to Terminal every time I want to use it is a bit of a drag. I'd like to make it a keyboard shortcut.

So: How can I tell OS X to 'say' whatever text I have selected with a keyboard shortcut?

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Go to System Preferences, click the "Speech" icon, then click the "Text to Speech" tab. Then simply check the "Speak selected text when the key is pressed" box.

Text you have selected will be spoken when you press the selected key combination.

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  • You win, I'm deleting my answer :)
    – jtbandes
    Commented Apr 1, 2012 at 21:39
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With macOS Big Sur 11.3.1, to read any written text (in your browser, text editor program, pdf ..), you first need to enable it in System Preferences > Accessibility. In the left pane, select Spoken Content. And select Speak selection.

Enable Speak selection in System Preferences

You can also choose the shortcut to activate this function: click on Options and choose the Keyboard shortcut you prefer.

Choose the shortcut and options of the Speak selection

Then, to use Speak selection, just select any text in a document (text, doc, in your browser, in a pdf … ) and use your shortcut. It should read your text out loud and display a pop up menu where you can pause, stop, control the speed …

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