Best Text To Speech Software

Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer, and can be implemented in software or hardware. A text-to-speech (TTS) system converts normal language text into speech; other systems render symbolic linguistic representations like phonetic transcriptions into speech.

In case you are tired of reading books sitting near your PC text to speech software can help you make the process easy. You can just open you favorite PDF book or on-line HTML book click button and enjoy listening it. Yes, you can do it using standard Windows voices (Mary, Anna) but we all know the quality of pronunciation of those voices.

Modern TTS converters vendors use voices of its own production or some third party quality voices. In this hub I want to tell you about software that can help you to ease your education and diverse your entertainment.

Vendor description:

Speaking Notepad is handy text editor with powerful text-to-speech capabilities. Speaking Notepad will your TXT, RTF, DOC, HTML and PDF documents, readme's, notes, e-mails and clever and interesting thoughts aloud. With its help you'll cope quickly with routine work at home or in the office. Just think, how much easier it is to listen to texts instead of reading them! Give a rest to your eyes! The program will read texts with SAPI4 and SAPI5-compliant high quality voices, different speed and pitches, read clipboard content, record texts into WAV, MP3 or WMA files and even read every word or sentence you are typing. That means you can control your typing aurally without looking fixedly at your monitor. Speaking Notepad is designed for those who value swift commodity in work combined with fascinating abilities and an interface which will delight your eyes. It will definitely become your best friend.

Review: 

When I need to type or edit  texts a lot - this is software I use nearly every day. There is no other way to spot some grammatic or logical error in the text then to listen to this text. If you need to prepare speech for school or university report - here is your ideal assistant. The application is very easy to use, its interface is intuitive, and it is compatible with all Windows platforms. Besides, the latest  version of the program includes more language modules, plus the chance of selecting different visual styles. A trial version (with some restrictions and nag screens) can be used for 30 days.