Narrator has been acquired by Mariner Software, Inc. Read about the acquisition on the Dejal blog.

During the transition period, it is still available to buy and you can get support from Dejal. Once it is moved to the Mariner site, licensed users will be able to upgrade to the Mariner-branded edition of Narrator for free.
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Read out stories in multiple voices

I pasted in some text and nothing is spoken; what's up?

(This question only applies to Narrator 1; Narrator 2 uses different markers, and is much smarter about speaking.)

Narrator uses the color of the text to match text to actors. The pasted text must use different colors than in the actors drawer - even if it looks the same, it might be slightly different. To correct this, do the following:

1. Paste in your text;
2. Select all (Cmd-A);
3. Click on an actor in the drawer, e.g. Default;
4. Click Apply.