*TextAloud* translates written text on a computer screen into audio so you
can listen to anything available to be read online. For people whose sights
are trained on a computer screen all day long, reading in-depth articles on
favorite blogs or sifting through long emails is the last thing you want to
do at the end of a day at the office. You may also have a medical condition
that means it's easier to listen than to read. TextAloud is a text to speech
tool that will read all this text aloud for you, so you don't have to. The
beauty of TextAloud is that it not only reads out anything you copy and paste
into the voice window, but also allows you to save the resulting speech as an
audio file. Effectively this means you can transform any web page, email or
text document into a podcast to download to your MP3 player and listen to at
your leisure. TextAloud keeps file sizes at a minimum, making it possible to
save entire novels as a audio files of less than 1 megabytes apiece.
Unfortunately, TextAloud's default speech sounds somewhat monotonous which
can get dull really quickly. TextAloud does have options to let you change
the tone and speed of the speaking voice, but this doesn't really have much
effect on improving the overall sound of the speech. The full version of
TextAloud has quite a bit more to offer since it makes use of AT&T's Natural
Voice technology. You can choose from several different accents with this
feature, including UK English, Indian English and Spanish. It's almost as
convincing as having someone sit next to you and reading out loud. *Although
the voice in the freeware version is pretty monotonous, TextAloud is a nice
option for anyone who wants text read out loud.*Download *TextAloud 3.0.30*
in Softonic
