How to start and close the Read Aloud feature in Microsoft Edge

This article explains how to start and close the “Read Aloud” feature in Microsoft Edge browser.

Microsoft Edge is the default browser in Windows 11. However, users can switch to their preferred or favorite browser anytime. Edge is based on Chromium, similar to Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers today.

The “Read Aloud” feature in Microsoft Edge is a built-in text-to-speech tool that allows you to have web pages, PDFs, and eBooks read out loud, catering to those who have difficulty reading or prefer audio content.

This tool uses natural-sounding voices and gives you the freedom to adjust the reading speed, voice, and volume to your liking.

The ‘Read aloud’ feature is a valuable tool that puts you in control. Whether you have difficulty reading or prefer to listen, this feature can read web pages, articles, emails, and other web content to you. You can adjust the speed and voice options to your liking, and even highlight and take notes on the text as it’s being read.

Start and close the “Read Aloud” feature in Microsoft Edge

As mentioned above, users can start and close the “Read Aloud” feature in Microsoft Edge.

Here’s how to do it.

First, open Microsoft Edge browser.

To start the Read Aloud feature in Microsoft Edge, right-click on the page and select ‘Read Aloud‘, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + U.

Once Read Aloud starts, you can press the Ctrl + Shift + U keys again, click the “Pause” button to stop the narration and then click the “Close” button to exit the feature.

Alternatively, browse to the web page you want to read aloud and click the Settings and more (3 dots) button, select More tools, and click on Read aloud.

Read selected text

If you don’t want to read the entire web page, simply select the text you’d like to read aloud. Then, right-click on the selected potion of the web page and click “Read aloud selection.”

Use the “Read aloud” toolbar under the address bar to Pause, Continue, Previous, Next, or Close.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to open and close the “Read aloud” feature in Microsoft Edge. If you find errors or have something to add, please use the comments form below.