Click 'Add a preferred language' and then scroll through the list until you see the language you want to add. Click it, and then click 'Next. After it's installed, select it in the list of languages and click 'Options. On the language's details page, click 'Download. Underneath 'Speech language,' make sure it's set to the language you want text-to-speech to use. Underneath 'Voices,' click the 'Choose a voice' drop-down menu and select the voice you want to use by default. You can vary its speed and preview the voice here as well.
Some programs let you pick a text-to-speech voice that's different from the one the rest of Windows uses. In Word, for example, click 'Review' and then click 'Read Aloud.
Click the gear icon to open the Read Aloud settings. View a list of available eSpeak languages and codes for more information. When the download is finished, click Next at the first Setup screen to begin installation.
Enter the two-letter code s for the language s and flag s that you want to install. To use alternate voices for a language, you can select additional commands to change various voice and pronunciation attributes. Select Next twice, then select Install to complete installation.
Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. As the name suggests, Panopreter Basic delivers free text to speech conversion without frills.
It accepts plain and rich text files, web pages and Microsoft Word documents as input, and exports the resulting sound in both WAV and MP3 format the two files are saved in the same location, with the same name. The default settings work well for quick tasks, but spend a little time exploring Panopreter Basic's Settings menu and you'll find options to change the language, destination of saved audio files, and set custom interface colors.
The software can even play a piece of music once it's finished reading — a nice touch you won't find in other free text-to-speech software.
This edition offers several additional features including toolbars for Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer, the ability to highlight the section of text currently being read, and extra voices. Developed by the University of Edinburgh, WordTalk is a toolbar add-on for Word that brings customizable text to speech to Microsoft Word.
It works with all editions of Word and is accessible via the toolbar or ribbon, depending on which version you're using. The toolbar itself is certainly not the most attractive you'll ever see, appearing to have been designed by a child. Nor are all of the buttons' functions very clear, but thankfully there's a help file on hand to help. The ability to just read aloud individual words, sentences or paragraphs is a particularly nice touch. You also have the option of saving narrations, and there are a number of keyboard shortcuts that allow for quick and easy access to frequently used options.
Despite its basic looks, Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader has more to offer than you might first think. You can open numerous file formats directly in the program, or just copy and paste text. Alternatively, as long as you have the program running and the relevant option enables, Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader can read aloud any text you copy to the clipboard — great if you want to convert words from websites to speech — as well as dialog boxes that pop up.
Unfortunately the selection of voices is limited, and the only settings you can customize are volume and speed unless you burrow deep into settings to fiddle with pronunciations.
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