Speak godamit, speak!

So I recently found out you can get your MacBook to talk to you when you highlight text.

I set it up so when you press 'Option' and 's' (referred to as "Option-S" from now on), it will read whatever you have highlighted. Most people pigeon-hole me as a very slow reader. The only form of books I have ever 'read' were in the form of audio books, or people reading them out loud to me. I read bits and pieces of newspaper articles and form opinions based on the 'jist' of whatever limited parts I have read. It has worked remarkably well for me up to this point. "Option-S" I feel has opened up a new chapter in my life.

I used "Option-S" on David Cross' article. I did laugh-out-loud at parts of it, made even more humorous by the style of voice reading it to me, which is reminiscent of that guy in the wheelchair (god bless him, you know the one).

For me, "Option-S" works rather well. I now have 20 years of New-Yorker articles to catch up on. Will report back with leveled-up infinite wisdom in coming days.


Read-a-thon friends.

-KidWisdom