Speak Aloud

Speak Aloud is a simple-to-use application that enables you to turn text into speech through some standard tools.

The interface is made from a regular window with a plain and simple layout, where you can write text in a dedicated dialog and click a button to hear it aloud.

It is possible to save the text to TXT format for further projects, clear it from the dialog, customize font settings, as well as save the speech to an audio track with the MP3 format.

Speak Aloud supports batch conversion mode and includes four voices for the speech tool. You can specify the rate, volume and pitch, modify the default output audio format (e.g. WMA, OGG, AIFF, MP4, FLAC), enable a Clipboard monitoring tool, as well as set the program to speak the highlighted text aloud.

The application is very low-demanding when it comes to CPU and RAM, so it doesn't slow down overall performance or disrupt normal activity. It has a good response time and works smoothly, without causing the operating system to hang, crash or pop up error dialogs.

We have not come across any problems. Unfortunately, the interface needs some improvements in the visual department. Other than that, it should please all types of users.