There is no evaluation period and no crippled features.įeyRecorder is a TTS conversion tool with natural voices that allows you to listen to any text document spoken aloud. It is completely free and fully functional. Kyrathasoft Text To Speech is a portable program that allows you to use the default installed Microsoft Voice and SAPI to convert text files to the spoken word, that it saves into a WAV audio file. Read4Me can also convert text files to MP3 files. Multiple hotkeys can be set for different languages, voices, speech rates, and volumes. The Read4Me TTS Clipboard Reader allows you to read the contents of the clipboard aloud using a pre-installed SAPI5 TTS voice when you press a hotkey. Besides monitoring the clipboard, you can also copy and paste text into the program, or type the text into the program, or load the text from a file. You can keep the TTS reader hidden or it can display the text it’s reading in the clipboard and highlight each word as it’s read aloud. However, the other features are “try before you buy” features and you must buy the software to continue using them. The TTS reader part of the software is free and will never expire.

ReadClip is a TTS reader that also offers a rich text editor that can read and spell check any text document, and allows you to manage several text and picture clips on the clipboard, and generate MP3 files. You can also use Ultra HAL TTS Reader to convert a document into a WAV audio file, which can be burned to a CD or converted to an MP3 file. The free version includes many high quality computerized voices and reads text files out loud, as well as instant messages, standard Windows dialogs, and text from the clipboard, which allows the program to read text from webpages and emails. Ultra Hal TTS Reader is a program that will read text out loud in one of its many high quality voices. There are also paid versions that offer more features and more available voices. Simply select any text and press one hotkey to have NaturalReader read the text to you. It includes Microsoft Voices and allows you to change voices and adjust the reading speed. The free version of the software converts Microsoft Word files, webpages, PDF files, and emails into spoken words. NaturalReader is a free TTS program that allows you to read aloud any text.

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