Screen Reading

Audiobook Creator Lite allows users to create audiobooks from ebooks. The program opens epub (DRM free), pdf, txt, html, and xhtml file formats and saves the audio in the default iTunes audiobook format (m4b). The audio is obtained from the text-to-speech voices that are already downloaded on the computer. Once the audio is saved, it can be used in iTunes or transferred to an iPod or iPhone.

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CK’s Text-to-Speech to MP3 uses Apple’s speech synthesizer to creates audio files. The software converts written text to into MP3 format. It supports written text in Safari, TextEdit and any text you can select and copy.

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CliCk, Speak is a free extension of the Firefox browser which reads web pages aloud. It has multilingual support, as it can detect the language of the website and read it aloud in a that language.

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E-Text Reader Mac is Text-to-Speech software. As such, it reads the text on the screen using speech synthesis. E-Text Reader Mac can also summarize a whole document and extract the important information to make reading it easier. It also has a highlighting feature, with 4 different colors included. Highlighted text can be read with a different voice than the one that is used for the rest of the text.

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GhostReader is text-to-speech software that uses the voices available on each user’s computer. The software can open and read txt, word, HTML, PDF and RTF file formats. The software can read text aloud and highlight each word as it reads. Users can also modify word pronounciations and save the audio as an MP3 to listen on the go.

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Infovox iVox includes over 100 voices in 31 languages. When the voices are installed, they will appear in the Speech panel of the System Preferences and can then be used with any application with speech functionality. These voices can be used with VoiceOver.

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iSpeech is a simple text-to-speech tool that allows you to copy and paste text and have it read aloud. Users can choose from 6 voices and each voice can be customized for speed, pitch, and modulation.

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Narrator is a text-to-speech utility. Narrator reads text that is pasted into a window or imported as an .rtf, .txt or .doc. You can choose different voices, rates, pitches, inflections and volume of speech for each character. Additional voices can be obtained from Cepstral in several different languages. Speech can also be exported directly to iTunes, where it can be listened to repeatedly and synched to an iPad, iPod or iPhone.

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NaturalReader is a text-to-speech sofware. NaturalReader reads text from Word documents, .txt, eBooks, web pages, images (.jpeg) and text pasted in the Miniboard. Users can choose from over 20 different voices and rates for each character. Additional voices can be purchased from naturalreaders.com in English (USA and UK), French, German, Italian, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. The Free version does not include natural sounding voices, text editing, synchronization with phone or tablet, or conversion to audio file.

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NaturalReader Mac is text-to-speech software. It can work from its own window, but also integrates with Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. NaturalReader Mac can also save text in audio format (MP3 or WAV).

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