Windows 10: Can narrator somehow just read text that I have selected?

I'm looking for a way to have selected text read to me with a keyboard shortcut. I can't seem to figure out a way to make Narrator work like this. Its just always trying to read everything on the screen. Is there a way to make Narrator work like this? If not, is there some other piece of software that could run in the background and give me this functionality? The screen readers that my searches are coming up with seem too elaborate for what I'm trying to do.This has been driving me nuts!Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Are there any other voices for Narrator in the Ease of Access in Windows 10?

Hello Brenda,

I would suggest you to refer to the below steps to turn off narrator.

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  Type ease of access in the search bar and press enter
  
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  Click on Narrator and turn off
  

Reference:

Hear text read aloud with Narrator

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/getstarted-hear-text-read-aloud

Hope this information is helpful. Please write back to us if you need any further assistance, we'll be glad to assist you.

 

Narrator - want it to narrate just the text I choose...

Hi

To assist you better I would like to know, which website are you referring to?

For now, I suggest you to go to the article for more information on Hear text read aloud with Narrator:

Windows help & learning - Microsoft Support

Hope this information is helpful for you. If you need further assistance on Windows let us know we will be glad to help you.

 

MS Narrator stopped reading alt text?

I am using Narrator (screen reader) to test a training course I created in Articulate Storyline. Normally Narrator works fine but for some reason it stopped reading alt text that it was reading before? It is reading everything but alt text, like
window titles, banner headings etc. What I want is really the opposite.

I am starting Narrator with Ctrl + Winkey + Enter and tabbing to different elements and the highlighting is working but it just isn't reading the alt text but it is reading everything else? Please advise?