Instructions for ReadPlease 2002

ReadPlease will read any text you see on your screen.  This can be from your Browser, Email, Word processor, Spreadsheet, or any program, which displays text.

To download ReadPlease go to www.readplease.com.

  How to get ReadPlease to read text.

    1.     Locate the text you want to have read.

    2.     Select it with the mouse.

    3.     Copy to the Windows Clipboard.  (Use Edit + Copy menu, or the hotkey-Control + C).

    4.     Launch ReadPlease, and Paste it into the ReadPlease window.  (Use Edit + Paste menu, or the hotkey – Control V).

    5.     Press the green ReadPlease Play button.

There are many shortcuts in ReadPlease to make this easier.  The commercial version (ReadPlease PLUS) will automatically read from the clipboard and has many more features.

To hear some good samples of ReadPlease, click on the Help menu, and then select Samples.

Note that ReadPlease will sit in your “system tray”.  That is the area down by the clock on the lower right of your Windows screen.  You can click on the ReadPleae icon to activate it, or Right Mouse Click on the icon for more options.  ReadPlease can also be minimized to the Windows Task Bar – see Tools/Option menu.

ReadPlease comes with a complete Help File and printable manual-see Help menu.

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