Listening to my computer read something to me has been a dream of mine. No, I’m not too lazy to read it myself. I just think some things might “sink in” better if they were read to me. Text to speech programs are nothing new. There are dozens of them on the market these days. What DSpeech delivers is an easy to use interface and a price tag you can’t argue with. It is free.

Here is what the developers of DSpeech have to say about it:

DSpeech is a TTS (Text To Speech) program with functionality of ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) integrated. It is able to read aloud the written text and choose the sentences to be pronounced upon the vocal answers of the user.

It is specifically designed to provide quickly and directly the functions of better practical usefulness that are requested to this kind of programs. In the meantime the invasivity and the spent of resources are minimal. (DSpeech does not install itself, is very light, it starts in a second and doesn’t write anything on the register).

Some of the additional features include:

1. It allows you to save the output as a WAV or MP3 file.

2. It allows you to quickly select different voices and to combine them between themselves in order to create dialogues between each other.
3. It integrates a vocal recognition system that, through a simple script language, allows you to create interactive dialogues with the user.
4. It allows you to configure the voices in an independent way.
5. Thanks to apposite tags, it allows you to dynamically change the features of the voices during the reproduction (speed, volume, and frequency) to insert pauses, to emphasize some words, or to spell.
6. It allows you to capture and reproduce the content of the clipboard.
7. It’s compatible with all modern SAPI 5-compliant vocal engines .

Still not sure? Visit the DSpeech Web site to hear a few samples of text before you download. If you are looking for a light application to do some reading for you, then DSpeech is the one to pick. It does the job you need it to do and it is totally free.

[408K] [Win NT/2k/XP] [FREE]

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