Text selection and then icon selection
Posted: 23 Jun 2018, 21:54
I have permanently lost my voice. To converse somewhat over the phone, I am using a "text to speech" program called Panopreter within Microsoft Word 2013. I want to press a hotkey (F12) after typing a phrase or sentence to speed up the conversation lag on my end. At the present time, when I finish typing a phrase or sentence in Microsoft Word, I have to pause, grab the mouse, drag backwards to highlight the line of text that I want spoken, then after completing the text selection, I have to move the mouse to the upper left area of the window under a tool ribbon where a small "play" button is located. (Panopreter functions as an Add-In in Word.) After I click on the play button, Panopreter converts the selected text to speech. To avoid handling the mouse altogether, I would like to press F12 at the end of a carriage return and Panopreter immediately start speaking for me. I don't know much about Autohotkey, but I appreciate what it does. I use it for some simple procedures. If someone could provide a starter script on how to go about this, I would be very grateful. Thanks!