Follow the words during read aloud in IntoWords Windows

Turn on word highlighting and use it to follow the text and find the meeting time and place.

Reviewed 8 November 2026

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Written steps

  1. 0:00 Turn on word highlighting

    With word highlighting, you can see where the voice is in the text. Open a message you want to read, and have IntoWords ready.

    Open the button just below play in IntoWords.

    Turn on Highlight words. The switch turns blue. Then the words are highlighted one by one during read-aloud.

    Press the same button to close the menu.

  2. 0:25 Follow the text and find the information

    Drag over the section you want to hear. Here we need to find the meeting time and the room.

    Press play. Follow the blue word while you listen.

    The meeting is Thursday at 3 p.m. in room 4. The highlighting helps you stay at the point where the voice is reading.

  3. 0:58 Try it yourself

    Try with your own text. Find an important piece of information by following the words. If it goes too fast, you can lower the speed, as we show in the film about voice and reading speed.

    Word highlighting is turned on, and you have followed the highlighting to find the time and place.

Read the transcript

With word highlighting, you can see where the voice is in the text. Open a message you want to read, and have IntoWords ready. Open the button just below play in IntoWords. Turn on Highlight words. The switch turns blue. Then the words are highlighted one by one during reading. Press the same button to close the menu. Drag over the section you want to hear. Here we need to find the meeting time and the room. Press play. Follow the blue word while you listen. We meet Thursday at 3 p.m. in room 4. At the meeting, we are planning a bike workshop for the residents. Please bring a bike pump and a repair kit. The meeting is Thursday at 3 p.m. in room 4. The highlighting helps you stay at the point where the voice is reading. Try with your own text. Find an important piece of information by following the words. If it moves too fast, you can slow it down, as we show in the film about voice and reading speed.

What you need

IntoWords is installed, and you are logged in. Open a text in Notepad. The film Listen to a message and find time and place shows the basic reading aloud.

Listen to a message and find time and place in IntoWords Windows

The words move too fast

Lower the reading speed. Try again with the same text and follow the highlight. Also see the lesson about voice and reading speed.

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