Recommended Text to Speech Software

tips from Giorgos in Greece, Aug 2006, Permalink

Giorgos wrote me with a simple question but a long list of how-to's.

... what text to speech software do you use there? I read that it's very usefull for people with eye difficulties. Well, I don't have any eye disabilities but my eyes don't work the same way that they used to.

I like sending a book's text to clipboard (and through it, to the speech engine), then lying down to bed, and listening to the book instead of reading it. :-)

After seaching for one or two years, I found 2 good apps for this purpose, but I haven't looked recently to see what else is available. I liked Deskbot and Speakonia, which requires free registration.

I kept Deskbot because it supports MS Agents. I've tried some agents from Agentring.org and they all seem to install properly. They are also usable in MS Office.



The agents I prefer, are Kumi and Keiko sisters. ;-)

You can also find Non-English text to speech engines.

Thanks Giorgos, as usual, you are ahead of the curve for trying out new freeware. I've never used any text to speech utilities.

Readers, if you have found good free text to speech engines or want to comment, click here.


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