Windows Clipboard

The Windows Clipboard is a standard part of the Windows operating system, and is used as a short-term storage area for text and/or images.  Whenever you "Cut" or "Copy" something from an application, the information is placed on the Windows Clipboard.  Applications commonly offer a "Paste" function that allows information on the clipboard to be inserted into the application.

TextAloud monitors the Windows Clipboard for changes, allowing the clipboard to be used to transfer text from any application to a TextAloud article.  The clipboard can contain both text and image data, but TextAloud extracts text only, ignoring any images.  So copying text into TextAloud can be done just by highlighting an area of text in an application, and pressing Ctrl+C to "Copy" the text to the clipboard.

The Windows Clipboard is used for many purposes on your computer, such as copying and pasting text within a word processor application.  TextAloud will be aware of these clipboard updates, and by default, you will be prompted to copy the clipboard changes into TextAloud.  Use the Clipboard Options panel to control when TextAloud displays the prompt.  For example, you can configure the prompt to display only if the amount of text on the clipboard exceeds a minimum size.