In it (Read Aloud extension), by default: Alt+O rewinds to the beginning of the text, and then Alt+P starts or pauses or resumes speaking.įor more languages add them in Windows like this. The clearest voice in this extension is Microsoft Aria (in Windows, in Edge (Chromium based made by Microsoft)). When the text selected and a right mouse click is clicked on it and "Read aloud selected text" is clicked.Īdd this to Chrome and/or Firefox (some voices require internet connection while speaking): When the text is selected and or Alt+p is pressed When the text is selected and the extension's icon is pressed, Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader (YouTube review video here ):įor a Chrome or Firefox web browser extension (not related to BombaSpeak), that speaks text (with options): It is said that female voices are clearer in text to speech.
This program doesn't work on neither Windows XP nor Vista.įor making an MP3 file of spoken text online (without installing TextToSpeechWindows),įor info on how to make Mac OS speak text, click: here. This window can also be set to be opened with Ctrl and one of the F keys. When left Shift is pressed speaking stops.Ĭtrl+C 3 times fast opens a reading window (optionally) showing which word is being read, you can click on the text in the reading window and the program speaks starting from where you clicked. In text-to-speech it's recommended not to use speakers (except loudly) and instead use not bad headphones with medium loudness of audio for best hearing and comprehension of text and ability to read fast and even faster with time.
The first Ctrl+c copies the text to clipboard, and when another Ctrl+c is pressed fast the program orders Windows to speak the text in clipboard. Maybe if the user sets a text-to-speech voice in the opposite gender he/she would understand better as he/she would listen more carefully to what the speech is saying since it's in the opposite gender. Select from the right side the voices you want, and choose "random" if you want each time a random voice (from the selected ones) to speak, or "sequential" if you want the chosen voice pointer to loop on all selected voices. (3.7 MB)Įach time when "Left Arrow" keyboard key is pressed speaking goes back to speaking the beginning of the last sentence, it can be pressed fast after the last press and speaking would go back more sentences, 5 seconds after the last time speaking ends, pressing "Left Arrow" wouldn't do the action anymore.
To download source code of the latest version in C Sharp programming language click: here. To download latest version (V43), click: here.
!!!If there is an other version installed already: don't forget to exit it and then uninstall it before installing a different version!!! In need of a text-to-speech solution for your locally hosted servers? Choose from Ivona’s 23 languages and 51 voices and integrate a versatile TTS solution seamlessly into your existing Windows or Linux server architecture.This free program orders Windows to speak text when the text is selected and Ctrl+c is pressed twice fast.
IVONA SDK Technical Specification PDF Speech Server Many different platforms are supported including Linux, Linux embedded, Android, Windows, OSx and iOS on different processor architectures such as x86_64, ARM and i686. It consists of files including a set of libraries and example programs with source codes in popular programming languages.
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