SmartRead

By SmartySoft Studio Free Editors' Rating

Editors' Review

Download.com Staff Feb 27, 2009
Not so much smart as competent, SmartRead reads back text using standard Microsoft speech engines. It supports English and Chinese and lets you save text in audio files to play back when driving or jogging. Unfortunately, it only supports WAV files, so you may need a third-party conversion utility to save clips in compressed formats. The unattractive and inconvenient interface requires you to copy and paste text into the program window to have it read. Given its interface issues and modest functionality, we don't see SmartRead trumping its freeware competition.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 0.80

Version 0.80 adds MP3, and SWF(flash) file conversion.

General

Release November 8, 2008
Date Added March 31, 2008
Version 0.80

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows, Windows XP, Windows NT
Additional Requirements Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

Popularity

Total Downloads 85,104
Downloads Last Week 0
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Developer's Description

SmartRead can translate text to speech (TTS technology ) to read out clearly. It is very easy to use, needn't have any speech knowledge, check the article for you, read long text, have very obvious advantages. Repair function, can repair when engine has some problem, especially to XP users. Supports Windows Vista. Version 0.80 adds MP3, and SWF(flash) file conversion.
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