You can get Windows to read text to you aloud using an accessibility tool called Narrator, which you can access from the Start menu.

This computer on a ring, known as the FingerReader, analyzes text and reads it out loud. The device starts working when the wearer traces their finger over a line of text—much as young readers ...

Reading is great, but sometimes you want or need to listen. Let your computer or phone read aloud to you with the best text-to-speech software for accessibility, enjoyment, and productivity.

Reading is great, but sometimes you want or need to listen. Let your computer or phone read aloud to you with the best text-to-speech software for accessibility, enjoyment, and productivity.

Chrome for Android can now read webpages aloud. Apple's Safari had a similar feature for a while, and now Android gets a taste too.

Another new feature is a Read aloud button in the eBook viewer. Just open a book, hit the button, and Calibre will use the default text-to-speech engine for your operating system to read text ...

But using computer vision and artificial intelligence, the OrCam Read ($1,990) can read any piece of text aloud.