Q: How to set up permissions for Microsoft 365
A: Speaking Email will appear in the Azure portal, allowing you to see what permissions it is using. If you mail is not coming through, you can check to make sure these permissions are available.
If your Microsoft 365 / Office 365 is under default settings, you shouldn't need to worry about this. In some cases you will need to manually check and grant this permission.
If it has been locked down your IT team may need to locate the app Speaking Email in the Azure portal and grant the following permission:
This is the only permission needed and it enables connections via MS Graph or ActiveSync, not only EWS. (Note that Speaking Email requires Exchange Web Services be enabled even though it uses MS Graph and does not actually use EWS)
The screenshots below show you where to do this. First locate Speaking Email in the Azure Marketplace catalog. There are two versions, for standard M365 and for Microsoft Entra Intune.
Standard M365
M365 with Microsoft Entra Intune MDM
Add it to your app registrations in the azure portal (note screenshots are old, showing 'Speaking Email Azure' but it should be one of the versions above).
Grant via Consent Link
Instead of using the Azure UI you can grant acccess using a link. Click here to grant required permissions to Speaking Email.
Alternative Permissions
If you prefer, some users have told us it also works with these permissions instead:
openid
offline_access
Mail.ReadWrite
Mail.Send
User.Read
What is Speaking Email?
An app for iPhone and Android that reads your email out loud to you. It intelligently extracts content from emails (minus the signatures, disclaimers and threads). And it lets you action your email - archive, mark-as-read, trash, flag, reply, or forward. It can be completely by voice command, or use the large on-screen buttons or full screen touch gestures.
Who is it for?
People with blindness or visual impairment. People who are busy and run out of time to get through their inbox. People who want to make productive use of time when driving between appointments.
Do you have Apple CarPlay?
See our other product Speaking Email CarPlay.
