TextAloud 2.274

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Publisher's description of TextAloud

From NextUp: Converts any text into spoken words. Reads Text, Email, Web Pages, and Documents using your choice of voices. Unique Text to MP3 or WMA conversion saves your daily reading to audio files for download to your portable player. Listen to email, online news, or important documents while you exercise, work or commute. Available with exciting premium voices from ATT Natural Voices, Cepstral, NeoSpeech, Acapela, and Nuance/ScanSoft RealSpeak. Version 2.274 adds iTunes and iPod integration.

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  TextAloud

  Works fine in Vista

  by: fraynelson on 06-Mar-2008 07:34:18 AM

  Pros: Balance cost - benefit. The Firefox add-on.

  Cons: To be really useful you have to invest in other voices.

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  TextAloud

  Nice app

  by: pietervl on 09-Mar-2008 06:55:09 AM

  Pros: Easy to use,

  its a nice tool

  Cons: a particular user won't need it, its not a program which is necessary

  the extra 'AT&T' voices are not free to download

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  TextAloud

  Outstanding product

  by: bdevoted365365 on 23-Mar-2008 12:05:32 PM

  Pros: When used with AT&T Natural Voices (Mike and Crystal) - a separate purchase - this program rocks! Unlike every other computer engine and voice I have tried, Crystal sounds like a real person, not like computer-generated speech. I have used this program for almost 2 years and love it! The accuracy of pronunciation is very high. Errors are quite rare, and only occur with 1) words whose pronunciation vary depending on the context, and 2) words that are seldom used. Nextup/TextAloud gives a discount if you buy AT&T's (or other) voices at the same time you buy the TextAloud program.

  Cons: The basic speech engine in TextAloud sounds like a computer-generated voice. If you expect TextAloud to sound like a real human without buying advanced voices, you'll be disappointed.

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  TextAloud

  It has a "faulting" cadence to it.

  by: maknati on 16-May-2008 04:23:08 PM

  Pros: It does a good job of recognizing words

  Cons: It will not download my.doc files. I eed to copy them in order for them to be read.

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