Text2Speech

Computer technology greatly evolved throughout the years, and alongside multiple interaction methods were created. For instance, Windows comes with a few voice systems installed, which can be used to have text read to you. In this regard, Text2Speech makes it possible to convert almost any kind of text to an audio file.

The setup process doesn’t require a lot of time, nor effort on your behalf, being over before you realize, even with the possibility to have the application launched when done. However, you need to make sure that .NET Framework is installed on your PC to benefit from the general set of features at your disposal.

Text input can come from several sources, with one of them being to manually write down in the editable pad. Moreover, pasting is supported from the clipboard, while file support makes it possible to load TXT, XML, or RTF files, and even save text strings under these types of text documents.

You can generate audio preview at the press of a button, and stopped the same way. For voice tweaks, you need to pay a visit to the options panel. Here, there’s the possibility to pick a different voice, such as Zira, Heera, Hazel, or anything installed besides default voices. Moreover, volume is adjusted from a dedicated field, and speed can be increased for faster speech.

Apart from saving text under mentioned formats, the application’s specialty is generating an audio file. This is only done as a WAV file, with no configurable quality options. Chances are you run into errors during speech preview or conversion, because of poor programming, but this is not always the case.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Text2Speech is a straightforward application which can be used to convert large text strings, entire paragraphs, or books to audio. Although there are chances to encounter stability issues along the way, the process is usually accomplished as expected.