TextSpeech Pro 2.2

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Despite a few small gripes, this text-to-speech converter stands as a decent option. TextSpeech Pro's interface is somewhat reminiscent of a browser, with a URL field prominently displayed below the various control icons. When you open a Web page, a Word document, or a PDF file, the application will display its contents in a large preview pane. You select what text you'd like read aloud by simply highlighting it, though we wished you could skip paragraphs or sections via hot keys. The app lets you choose from among five male or female voices, but none of them sound particularly human. You can adjust the speech speed and volume, and you even can save documents as WAV files in a variety of audio qualities. TextSpeech Pro also can directly access Microsoft Outlook to read you your e-mail, handy for busy folks who might need to get messages while driving or traveling. The program's performance was mostly good, although we should note it wouldn't read text from a Flash-based site. We would prefer a longer trial period than just a week, but this utility still has enough positives to make it worth downloading, especially for persons with poor eyesight.

Publisher's description

From Digital Future :

TextSpeech Pro is professional text to speech software that reads typed text documents (PDF, MS Word), Web pages, and Outlook e-mails aloud. It can convert documents to speech audio files. It optionally comes with AT&T Natural Voices, the world's best text-to-speech technology. It supports document bookmarks and copied text-speech integration. The new features are as follows: optional AT&T Natural Voices, an integrated Web browser for reading Web pages straight from the Internet, an integrated Microsoft Outlook e-mail extractor for reading e-mails straight from TextSpeech Pro itself, support for speech bookmarks (speech breaks) to indicate start or/and end of the document excerpt for reading by the software, the ability to remember where the document was last read to and resume on next activation, improved PDF and Microsoft Word file conversion, and an improved user interface. Version 2.2 adds improvements for reading PDF files and MS Outlook e-mails.

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