Windows Speech Recognition
For Windows users new to text-to-voice, Windows very own speech recognition is a great starting point.
To Enable Windows Voice Recognition tool click Start > Control Panel > Speech Recognition Options
NaturalReader
- NaturalReaderNaturalReader is an easy-to-use free software application that converts written text into natural sounding spoken words. Highlight the text in any document (or webpage), click on the application’s hotkey, and have the text read back to you. Voice options are also adjustable: you can choose to hear either a male or female voice, and adjust the voice’s quality and speed.
eSpeak
- eSpeakeSpeak is a text to speech engine for English and several other languages.
DSpeech
- DSpeechDSpeech 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 based upon the vocal answers of the user. It is specifically designed to quickly and directly provide the functions and improved practical usefulness that are requested by this kind of program. Allows you to save the output as a .WAV, .MP3 or OGG file.
iSpeech
- iSpeechiSpeech is an online text-to-voice application that doesn’t require you to download an application. Simply cut and paste the text you wish to convert to speech into the iSpeech text box and click convert text. Or, upload any supported document, website, blog, etc. and click convert file or the listen button.