Is it possible--for me--to create a button on the menu bar for the "speech" option?

I use the "Speech" option to edit and re-edit my work. Somehow, I can catch clumsy prose faster when I hear it.   It is a royal pain to have to many steps to get to that function: highlight everything, pull up the right click menu by using the contol button and the click, scroll to <speech> and then scroll to <start speaking>. 
Does Pages allow one to create menu options?  Is there any way to map that <Speech> option in the right click menu to the menu bar as a button?  That would cut out a few steps for me.
I have a macAir running OS X 10.8.2
Page 09 version 4.2

In Mountain Lion, the Option + Esc key combination (default) will speak from your Pages document until you press these keys again, or it will speak a selected passage of text. Alex is the default voice.
As a test, I just assigned a different key (F13 on my wired Apple keyboard). It warns you that there is no modifier key, and allows you to ignore this. Pages will automatically use the new setting. You can tailor your preferred keyboard shortcut:
System Preferences > Dictation & Speech > Text to Speech
Check Speak selected text when the key is pressed, then Change Key...
If Apple's voices grate on you, you might prefer more natural, native voices from CereProc.

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