Directory of Desktop Readers Resources

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This category groups together all types of text to speech programs which enable selective audio presentation of web pages from a web browsing session, e-mail or other PC desktop activity.

Resources in This Category

• 2nd Speech Center

  http://www.2ndspeechcenter.com/
  Multilingual Desktop Reader, converts to mp3. Trial version downloadable.

• Alive Text to Speech

  http://www.text-speech.com/
  Desktop Reader, converts to MP3, WAV, OGG or VOX files from AliveMedia. Trial version downloadable.

• ByteCool Software Inc.

  http://www.bytecool.com/
  CoolSpeech is a text-to-speech player for Windows, listen to online news, emails, local text documents, typing, tell the time and date, convert text into wav files.

• Desktop Text to Speech Utility

  http://thecyberbuddy.com/
  CyberBuddy - a freeware utility program that uses MicroSoft Agents to do Instant Messaging with speech and animation, reminders, time of day, check email, news reports, weather, stock quotes, text reading, and ICQ status reporting.

• Digital Future Software

  http://www.digitalfuturesoft.com/
  Text reader with e-mail and web-page interface. Uses AT&T natural voices or neospeech TTS.

• My Text Reader

  http://www.mytextreader.com/
  Multi-language SAPI 4 and SAPI 5 text to speech player. Download product demo and support information.

• Natural Voice Reader

  http://www.naturalreaders.com/
  English Desktop reader. Free Version with MS-Voices downloadable. Commercial version with AT&T Natural Voices TTS.

• NextUp.com - TextAloud Software

  http://www.nextup.com/
  Desktop Reader with extra software to read special news items like stock, weather etc.

• Reading Machine

  http://www.ultimatereadingmachine.com/
  Reads text aloud using text-to-speech, converts text into mp3/wave files for use with any cd player or MP3 player. Extracts text from one web page or whole web sites. Text is automatically organized into books and chapters for later use. Gives control over the voice, and the ability to clean up text automatically.

• ReadTheWords.com

  http://readthewords.com/
  Online text to speech service provider.

• TextSpeech Pro

  http://www.textspeechpro.com/
  Desktop Reader specialized on reading MS-Word or PDF documents. Based on MS Speech API.

 

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