Win 7 Pro, Office: Microsoft Office Standard 2010 Version: 14.0.6129.5000(32bit)

I have odd issue of "Speak Selected Text" word feature not working on some computers. Other computers have exact same image and this feature works flawlessly.

Issue in steps

1. I select/highlight the text to speak, and click "Speak Selected Text" quick access toolbar icon 
2. Icon changes from to  which indicated it's speaking selected text, but it's not. Icon stays  , until i don't click on it.
3. Sound on computer is working fine, and this feature works fine in Excel.
4. Same issue if word is launched in Safe Mode.

Kindly let me know if anybody has any idea.

Thanks much

Hi,

Speak requires a text-to-speech engine matching the language of the text. You can see your installed text-to-speech engines in the Control Panel\Ease of Access\Speech Recognition, click "Text to Speech" on the left to see the Voice selection. If it doesn't not match the language that you select in documents, the Speak feature may not work well.

We can also try to repair Office from Control Panel -> Programs and Features to check the result.

Regards,

Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support

Hi Melon,

I already have text-to speech engine as it works fine in Excel. Also just confirmed steps that you mentioned.

Repaired office as well. Is there anything else?