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PowerTalk - automatic presentation narrator
Free Open Source Windows program that automatically speaks the text on any PowerPoint presentation. Uses the standard SAPI speech synthesis software that comes with XP.
Smart Butler
Add-on for instant messenger programs that enables users to listen to incoming messages without reading them.
Desktop Text to Speech Utility
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.
2nd Speech Center
Multilingual Desktop Reader, converts to mp3. Trial version downloadable.
Audio Bookmaker
Converts texts using different human voices, saving speech to WAV or MP3 files. Speaking clock and other text-to-speech utilities.
ByteCool Software Inc.
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.
Cool Conversations
Desktop Web Reader based on MS-Speech API, coupled with speech recognition.
Sayz Me
An open-source text-to-speech application for Windows. Uses Microsoft speech API.
Digital Future Software
Text reader with e-mail and web-page interface. Uses AT&T natural voices or neospeech TTS.
MS Agent Characters and Software
Microsoft Agent based command and control uses voice to browse the web, receive email, schedule appointments and participate in chat groups.
Expressivo Text Reader
Text to speech reader. Free download, on-line demo, news, and pricing information.
Free text reader
Text reader with ability to store as mp3 files. Free trial version available.
Internet2Ear
Desktop Email/Web/News Reader ("personal voiceportal"), works with wireless audio-player. Trial version downloadable.
Natural Voice Reader
English Desktop reader. Free Version with MS-Voices downloadable. Commercial version with AT&T Natural Voices TTS.
NextUp.com - TextAloud Software
Desktop Reader with extra software to read special news items like stock, weather etc.
Niurosoft
Yet another Desktop reader. Mp3 generation possible, free trial version downloadable.
ReadPlease
Text-to-speech software for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2K/XP. Freeware and commercial versions. Uses AT&T Natral Voices.
Speak Clipboard
Speak Clipboard is free voice reader for Windows XP. It can read out loud the content of your clipboard in plain English by using text to speech technology.
Text to MP3 Speaker
Desktop Reader with mp3-converter based on MS-Voices by YeoSoft. Shareware downloadable.
Alive Text to Speech
Desktop Reader, converts to MP3, WAV, OGG or VOX files from AliveMedia. Trial version downloadable.
TextSpeech Pro
Desktop Reader specialized on reading MS-Word or PDF documents. Based on MS Speech API.
The Reader
Multilingual text reader using Microsoft Agent and Lernout and Hauspie core components. Download software from site. Demo available.
TxReader
Reads Webpages, Emails and PDF-documents via SAPI5.
Reading Machine
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.
VoxWorx
Site provides a way to capture the text of any other arbitrary site URL and read it to you via RealAudio technology.
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