Have text, HTML pages, and the Clipboard read aloud.
Last updated on 2/29/2024
There have been 1 updates
Virus scan status:
Clean (it's extremely likely that this software program is clean)
CFS-Technologies no longer supports the Speakonia software, but still allows the download and use of it. Visit the CFS-Technologies site for a free registration key for Speakonia.
Editors' Review
Download.com staff
Not a fictional Eastern European country from a Marx Brothers movie, Speakonia is actually a modest freeware utility that reads text out loud. Speakonia comes with about 20 voices (all with strong robotic accents) and lets you quickly change the reading speed and pitch. It's also little trouble to correct the pronunciation of words (proper names, for instance). Speakonia can save text in WAV files for playback when you're driving or jogging, but unfortunately it can't save sound files in the MP3 format, so you may need a third-party conversion utility. The program interface is clear and straightforward; you simply select text in any document and press Ctrl C to read it aloud. However, Speakonia lacks controls for skipping to the next sentence or paragraph. In spite of those drawbacks, its decent performance and free price make it a reasonable choice for the vision-impaired or people who'd rather do their reading with their ears than their eyes.
Full Specifications
GENERAL
Release
July 22, 2002
Latest update
February 29, 2024
Version
1.3.5
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 10, Windows NT, Windows 2000
download is full choke of malware and extra software that is wicked hard to remove, took me a good 2 hrs to clean my pc
Summary
don't bother with this trash
BEST PROGRAM EVER! *MS Sam review* My review: Epic job!
JimMUGEN1/17/2014
Pros
ALLLALLLALLALLALLISPRO *MS Sam review* My review: The whole program mworks great. You can fix spelling errors.
Cons
NONENONENONENONENONEISCON *MS Sam review* My review: Doesnt have many flaws... except for recommended registration
Summary
DA BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEST! *MS Sam review* My review: Nice... nice. *I recommend it to people who like MS Sam.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Jan 17, 2014<p/>EDIT: I am trying to download this program, but I had this program in my admin account. Great attempt! Not even an attempt!
One problem
Sonicrush0076/21/2013
Pros
It is goo for getting Microsoft Sam, Mary, and Mike.
Cons
It wont register. I tried both ways but, it still wont register!!! This program cannot be updated due to the owner not updating the program and says it is unsupported.
Summary
Overall, I say this is pretty good.
Brilliant, Perfect & Elegantly Simple!
Mik_EmpirePMLLC9/27/2012
Pros
Everything you could hope for in a Free program to read you lengthy documents etc & more!
Cons
None what so ever!
Summary
I first came across this program in '08, Downloaded it again for my new computer & cant recommend it enough :D!!
speakonia very effective tool
matrixref12/8/2011
Pros
easy to use asssists in dialogging while diction is taken. clearly spoken and reconizable words
Cons
not many found.
Summary
Easy to install
amma59/30/2011
Pros
Very little instruction is needed to use this product. I was looking for a simple point and click Text-to-Speech program for an adult who can't read. Speakonia filled that need
Cons
I would only read the first item on an on-line program and after that you had to copy and paste onto the Speakonia page.
Summary
I will continue to use this product. But I will also keep trying other Text-to-Speech programs to see if there is one that requires fewer steps for the non-reader. .
It's free, after all
LongLiveTheKrakken8/28/2011
Pros
Low cost (free), installs quickly
Cons
Does not contain encoding (that I was able to determine) for reading PDFs or Word or equivalent.
Summary
I cannot recommend it for someone looking for an intuitive and flexible optin. Naturally, one might expect to have to pay for that sort of thing. However, if you have clean text files lying around, waiting to be read, or don't mind pulling content into clean text files or into the application itself via the sorcery of copy/paste, then this software is your magical mate. Common files (PDF, HTML, Open Office, MSWord standards on file inquiry are translated into the sort of ASCII text equivalent you might expect from a reader that is looking for plain text. It would be eminently useful if it could be expanded to either function as a shortcut/accelerator from webpages to allow users to have the page read to them. Obviously, given the amount of "bonus material" on webpages this might be challenging, unless the user's frame of focus could be captured, but that isn't likely full-proof either depending on the site. I don't have superb sound on my laptop, but the volume of the application was low-that might not be a common problem, since sound settings differ so widely in their calibration options.
Have text, HTML pages, and the Clipboard read aloud.Speakonia is a Text-To-Speech Program which is controlled through a graphical user interface (Similar to Notepad). Speakonia reads aloud any given text. The reading can be paused, resumed and can be exported to a wave file. Speakonia is able to fetch webpages through an internal http interface and read them aloud for you. You can have your mails read to you using the 'Clipboard Reading' feature.To use the full potential of Speakonia a registration key is needed.Please use the following key:Name:Unlimited LicenseE-Mail:none@needed.comRegistration Code:SPK-174101-172083
