Omilo

Omilo is a feather-light text-to-speech tool. It's capable of reading aloud any text you enter, as well as of saving the text to file.

The tool doesn't come equipped with complicated options, which makes it approachable to all types of users. It has four voice options: two male and two female.

The setup procedure is fast and shouldn't impose any difficulties. As for the GUI, Omilo adopts a large window with a neatly organized structure, where you can get started by typing or pasting text in the dedicated box.

You can click a button to read it aloud as well as stop the speech. The text can be saved by specifying the output directory, filename and format, and later opened.

The application features options for undoing and redoing your actions, along with two voices for male and female with American and Scottish accents.

Moreover, you can adjust settings when it comes to the duration stretch and target mean, as well as integrate the program into the system tray for quick access. This way, it becomes non-intrusive and lets you carry on with your normal PC activity without any interruptions.

It supports keyboard shortcuts for all important options and had minimal impact on the overall performance of the computer in our tests, thanks to the fact that it needed a low amount of CPU and RAM to work properly. It ran smoothly, without triggering the operating system to hang, crash or show errors.

The bottom line is that Omilo delivers a clear-cut solution for reading text aloud using four distinct voices, and it can be handled with ease by all types of users, even those inexperienced with this kind of software.