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3 stars
Version: Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader 1.0.5
Pros: It may be okay for some who have not heard some really good ones out there but the price was right to try it out
Cons: Lots of stops and starts
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1 stars
Version: Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader 1.0.5
"May be good, but not for Win7"
Pros: Not applicable
Cons: don't bother if you want it on win 7
Summary: Did not run on Win 7 Ultimate read more
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3 stars
Version: Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader 1.0.5
"Good T to S reader with many pluses but not loud enough"
Pros: Ultra Hal Text to Speech Reader is a good program overall. It opens on start up, minimizes to the system tray and is easy to use.
Cons: This program is not loud enough and can't be adjusted to be any louder. It does not save your audio settings from the last time used and you can't set your favorite voices as a default so that it will remember which voice to use.
Summary: Ultra Hal Text to Speech Reader is a good program and does many things right, however, it fails at one of the most critical functions and that is to use the voice settings you prefer at start up and to speak loud enough for you to hear it well. It's... read more
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3 stars
Version: Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader 1.0.5
"Clean, no-frills design but buggy"
Pros: The interface is simple and clean. It's easy to operate.
Cons: Can't convert text to .ogg, .m4a, or .mp3 format directly.
Run-time error '5'
Invalid procedure call or argument
When saving to .WAV file, the above error came up on Win XP Pro, SP3, 32-bit. The conversion crashed. I'm uninstalling this software.Summary: Please work out the bugs. read more
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2 stars
Version: Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader 1.0.5
"Has bugs, partially incompatibloe with 64-bit Vista"
Pros: Reads well using its own basic voices.
Cons: Basic voices are of a very low quality. Does not recognize preinstalled 16-bit SAPI5 voices in 64-bit Vista.
Summary: This and other developers must test their programs in all of today's operating systems and warn potential users of compatibility problems, to avoid unnecessary waste of time and frustration. read more
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