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Fully agree. Prioritize this MS.
Please add "Read Aloud" function to new emails being written.
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"New Outlook" does not have the read aloud function when you are composing/writing emails (the feature is only available to read emails you have already received or sent). This is a huge miss and a disservice to Microsoft's customers, especially those with disabilities. Numerous folks are complaining about the lack of the read aloud feature in this thread Microsoft Read Aloud for New Outlook - Microsoft Community. Can Microsoft please respond and provide a timeline for when the Read Aloud function will be available when users are composing/drafting emails? Thank you.
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Anonymous
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2024-08-29T17:03:42+00:00 How Microsoft could leave such an important function for those with disabilities out of their main mail app does not look good for the company and where it stands regarding those of us with disabilities, who depend on this function to be able to do our work and make a living. When it comes to Microsoft, we are clearly an afterthought and not important. How a company who has been in business for as long as Microsoft has, and who dominates the entire worlds daily computer word processing, leave out such an important feature, it's unconscionable and completely unacceptable on every possible level.
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Anonymous
2024-08-17T01:55:53+00:00 Same question. This question has been posed many many times, and there seems to be no movement on it. You're literally hundreds of thousands of people that want this option. They need it back and it's not available on new Outlook.
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Anonymous
2024-08-15T01:34:10+00:00 I would also like the support this comment. I am discouraged from using the new version since the very important feature is unavailable.
I hope this is made a priority.
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Anonymous
2024-07-29T14:25:11+00:00 Thanks! For crucial email messages, I've been pasting the body of messages over to Word and using the Read Aloud feature there before clicking send. It's really just a hassle having to use anything outside of Outlook.