Publisher's Description
From NCH Software:
This professional text to speech application is designed to assist in listening to text. Verbose can be used to read aloud any text, then save it as mp3 or wav files for future listening.
Typical Applications:
~ Sit and relax while your PC reads the text to you ~ Save text to MP3 or wav ~ Proofread your own writing ~ Great for slow readers or people with a reading disability ~ Take some reading with you on your daily walk or run ~ Great tool to assist you study for exams. ~ Listen to an eBook during your journey ~ Great for people with low vision or the elderly. ~ Prepare for a big speech by hearing your words read aloud.
Features:
~ Save as either Wav or MP3. ~ Setup and use hotkeys for quicker and easier use. ~ Runs in the background so you can still use your computer as normal.
What's new in this version: Major update.
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"No uninstaller + undeletable upgrade nags = adware"
Version: Verbose Text to Speech 2.01
Pros
It does convert text to speech. Sound quality of the generated files is typical of the genre: adequate to understand what is being read, but very noisy.
Cons
I was getting ready to uninstall this program because I have other (totally free) utilities that do the same thing, and that would have been that. However, there is no uninstaller, and the application has a service running in the background that prevents manual deletion. So, it became the usual detective drama to kill the processes, delete the files, find & remove the registry entries and cross my fingers that there aren't other residual artifacts still gumming up my system. THAT's the Con that earned this product an unfavorable review.
