Text To Speech

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Searching for a natural voice speech engine? Curious about what software can read your emails. Here is the newest TTS ( text-to-speach ) news.

AT&T Natural Voices

The AT&T text to speech are available in 16khz or 8khz Versions. The 16khz versions have a richer, fuller sound and are more natural sounding. The 8khz version is a little less costly and takes up less disk space, but often does not sound nearly as good. A good analogy might be that 16khz voices sound like voices over FM Radio, while 8khz voices sound much more like voices over the telephone.

NeoSpeech

Kate and Paul are US British voices, available in 16khz or 8khz versions, supporting SAPI5 Speech applications including all NextUp.com Products, most newer TTS programs from other corporations, as well as TTS functions built into Windows XP. Each voice needs just under 300mb of drive space, and is available on CD or via download. They support speed and pitch adjustments, and need a minimum of Pentium II, 400mhz with 128mb RAM.

TextAloud 2.0

TextAloud converts any text into spoken words. Rather than the valuable time you spend reading on your PC, imagine being free to chill, get up and stretch, or work on other stuff while the data you need is read to you in a pleasant, natural sounding human voice. Better still, leave your PC behind. TextAloud’s distinct Text to MP3 conversion can save your daily reading to MP3 audio files to download to your portable MP3 player. Hear e-mail, online news, or crucial documents while you exercise, work or commute.

NewsAloud

NewsAloud private news agent unearths the stories you need, then reads them aloud in a natural, human sounding voice. Stop plowing through email or spending hours surfing the web for the revelation that interests you. Instead let NewsAloud do it so you can listen while you’re employed on something else, or get your reports to go and listen while you excercise, commute, or get outside for a change.

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