After reading your own draft several times, it becomes easy to see the sentence you intended rather than the one you typed. Listening to it through text-to-speech offers a different pass through the same words.
Microsoft’s guide to listening to Word documents describes Read Aloud and related tools. Availability and controls differ by platform and version, so use the instructions for your application rather than assuming every menu looks alike.
Listen to a short section with a purpose
Choose a paragraph and a comfortable playback speed. Listen for missing or repeated words, a sentence that changes direction halfway through, or a pronoun whose reference is unclear. Pause to mark the issue rather than trying to rewrite while the next sentence continues playing.
For an invented example, “Please send the the revised schedule” may be easier to notice when the repeated word is spoken. A long sentence might also reveal that its main request arrives too late. The tool has not diagnosed the writing; it has made another form of attention available.
Check the text when the voice sounds wrong
A name, abbreviation or technical term may be mispronounced even when it is spelled correctly. Confirm the document’s language setting and inspect the actual word before changing it. Do not rewrite an accurate term solely to satisfy a synthetic voice.
Listening does not verify dates, calculations, sources or factual claims. It may also fail to reveal a layout problem, an unclear table or a link pointing to the wrong destination. Keep those checks in a separate final review.
For confidential material, use an approved tool and understand whether its features process content locally or through a connected service. Avoid pasting private documents into an unfamiliar website simply to hear them spoken.
After editing, replay the changed passage and then read it normally. The two views complement each other: one follows the sound of the sentence, while the other checks what the reader will actually see on the page.