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Text to Talk - Do You Know Your Computer Can Read Text Aloud?

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Article Overview: Text to speech software enables any PC user to convert any text into spoken words or even MP3.

Text to Talk - Do You Know Your Computer Can Read Text Aloud?

In recent decades, with the rapid advance of computer science and technology, personal computers (PCs) have become an indispensable part of daily life for most people from a variety of professions and walks of life. Personal computers can be found in most aspects of daily life, and it is hard to even imagine a world without them. Nowadays, we use computers at home and in our businesses, and even everywhere - we use them to do our banking, writing, access the Internet and find different kinds of information, send and receive e-mails, play games, plan holidays and more. The list is endless. All of computer users are able to enumerate dozens of functionalities and benefits on the list, except one thing - your computer can talk!

The secret weapon is speech synthesis

Speech synthesis or voice synthesis, commonly known as text to speech, text to talk or text to voice, is a specific computer technology, from 1939 to today, designed to convert any written text to spoken audio. And, don't worry, the best news is that this amazing technology is actually very accessible to most of us, personal computer users who using Windows platforms. Since Windows 95, Microsoft Speech Application Programming Interface or SAPI, the base of speech synthesis, is a built-in component of all Windows platforms.

To use the power of Microsoft SAPI, all you need is a piece of text to speech software that can be easily downloaded and installed in minutes. With Microsoft SAPI, text to speech software enables you to seamlessly convert your documents, reports, ebooks, web pages, emails and practically any other type of text into spoken speech or even MP3 for late use on your iPod or other portable MP3 players.

Imagine, no longer strain your eyes trying to read tiny fonts in web pages or lengthy report, no longer spend valuable time reading documents on your computer screen, work on something else or just relax and listen as text to speech software reads them to you in a variety of pleasant and natural-sounding human voices. Listen immediately, or save the audio files to play back as often as you like. Save your daily reading to MP3 audio files for downloading to your portable MP3 player and listen to business correspondence, technical materials, and online news while you exercise, work out, or during your commute. Text to speech software is an ultimate tool to save time and get more done even while you shop, drive, or travel.

Especially for the education field, text to speech software gives educators and students a new tool to create audio resources from electronic text that originate on the Internet or elsewhere. With the use of text to speech software, students at all levels can convert textbooks, coursework and any other study materials to MP3 or WAV audio files for listening on any portable audio device. This combination of new technologies offers valuable learning alternatives for struggling students. Text to speech software expands the functional value of an MP3 player as an individual can now use it to listen to academic or recreational literature as well as music.

In short, text to speech software is changing the way people work, study, commute, and relax by listening instead of reading.

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