Translate and Read Aloud

Quick reference

• 00:04 We're going to translate and
• 00:06 read aloud with simple buttons located on the home ribbon of Outlook.
• 00:11 So I have an email ready, and up on the right hand side,
• 00:15 far right hand side of my home ribbon, are two buttons.
• 00:18 One says Read Aloud, one says Translate.
• 00:21 Let's start with the Read Aloud.
• 00:23 And when I click this, it's literally going to read the email, click.
• 00:27 >> It is a simple process to get language help from Outlook.
• 00:31 >> Now I'm going to pause just for a moment, because notice this small menu,
• 00:36 gray menu that popped up.
• 00:38 One of them right over here is a speaker with a little gear or cog on it, so
• 00:43 that always means settings.
• 00:46 So I'm going to click that button, and I can change the reading speed and
• 00:50 I can change the voice selection to male.
• 00:55 Now I'll hit the play again.
• 00:59 >> Use this email and click the Read Aloud button.
• 01:02 >> I hit pause again, just so you could see, very quickly, how easy it is.
• 01:06 Hit the volume, change the speed,
• 01:08 change the voice to whatever your preferences are.
• 01:11 I'm going to close that.
• 01:15 Now let's go to the Translate button.
• 01:17 This is fantastic.
• 01:19 When I click Translate, I can translate the message and
• 01:22 I can look at translation preferences.
• 01:24 Let's go there first.
• 01:27 Over here it pops right open to my language option, and
• 01:29 I have a scroll bar on the far right hand side.
• 01:33 Office display language.
• 01:34 Do you want your buttons to display in a different language?
• 01:37 I'm going to leave mine in English.
• 01:38 Or I can add a different language.
• 01:42 Office authoring languages and proofing.
• 01:45 Are your spellings different?
• 01:46 Are you in a European country which has different spellings than American?
• 01:50 So, I could add a language to that.
• 01:52 Near the bottom, Translation.
• 01:56 Choose how to handle messages received in other languages.
• 01:58 Do you want it to always translate, or to ask you before you translate, or
• 02:03 just never translate.
• 02:05 Again, your preferences.
• 02:08 Right now I've got mine set to translate messages into Spanish.
• 02:11 When I hit that drop down arrow, whatever one you want to use you can choose.
• 02:15 I'll leave mine as Spanish, or I could add another language.
• 02:21 Okay, so I'm leaving my settings alone, clicking OK.
• 02:24 And I'm going to go ahead and hit the Translate button.
• 02:29 Translate message, and there it is, look at this.
• 02:34 Well, let's test it.
• 02:35 Let's go ahead and hit the Read Aloud and see what happens.
• 02:49 >> This is really interesting because if you are trying to learn another language,
• 02:53 this could help you do that.
• 02:55 The buttons are right there on the Home ribbon available for you.
• 02:59 They've been there for a few years.
• 03:01 I hope you use it, I hope you like it, and I hope you learn how to
• 03:06 speak another language from it, or just to be understood better.

Lesson notes are only available for subscribers.