How to make Excel to speak or Read the Data you entered

Do you know how to read out the data back from Excel ?? I am not talking about the person who enters the data to read out the data but Excel itself reading out the Data .

There is a feature in Excel that reads out the data you entered . This feature will be useful especially if you are entering large amount of data and want to verify its accuracy .

To use this feature , all that is required is just select the columns/rows/cells and click the speak button which reads out the data .

The Buttons to speak must be added to the Quick Access toolbar .

You can find these Buttons via the More Commands of Quick Access ( More Commands )

You might need to add the following buttons to the QUick Access .

  • Speak Cells
  • Speak Cells — Stop Speaking Cells
  • Speak Cells by Columns
  • Speak Cells by Rows
  • Speak Cells on Enter


1. Click and select the cells you want Excel to read the data .

2. You should see the recently added buttons on the top ( Quick Access )
3. Select Speak by Columns or the Speak by Rows button.
4. Select Speak , so that Excel starts reading the Data

“Make sure you have turned on your computer’s Speaker before you want excel to speak out the data you entered :)

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