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PowerTalk is text-to-speech software that can read PowerPoint presentations. It uses the SAPI 5.1 speech engine.

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Read the Words is a website that allows the user to save text in audio format (MP3). With the Silver membership, it is possible to save 60 minutes worth of text per audio file. There is no limit to the number of recordings.

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ReadingBar for Internet Explorer is an IE toolbar that will read web pages. It also have magnification features that assists the visually impaired. It reads any web page aloud to the user and highlights words in Internet Explorer. Other functionality includes: the ability to create .mp3 or .wav files from web pages, generate text only version from any web page, magnify pages, text, pictures and scrollbars, translate web pages into four languages, and look-up words in a dictionary

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ReadPlease is a basic text-to-speech engine that is distributed free of charge. It can be customized in several ways, allowing for the integration of new voices as well as contrast and font adjustment.

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ReadPlus v2.00 is text-to-speech software. The user can customize the volume, speed, and pitch of the voice reading the text.

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SayPad is text-to-speech software that uses the SAPI 5.1 engine. SayPad can also save text in audio format (MP3 or WAV).

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Speakonia is a Text-To-Speech program that reads any given text aloud. The reading can be paused, resumed and exported to a wave file. Speakonia is able to fetch webpages through an internal browser and read them aloud for you.

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SpokenText is a website that allows you to save text in audio format (MP3, Audiobook). With the plus version, up to 20 MB can be saved in a given recording. The audio files are hosted on SpokenText’s server and can be downloaded at any time. SpokenText also has Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome add-ons that allow the user to record virtually any web page.

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This basic talking calculator software operates on its own speech engine. Every option in the program is read aloud including the mathematical results. What sets this program aside from the standard Windows calculator is that it shows your work, which can be copied to the clipboard and pasted into any Windows-based program.

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Text-To-Audio is a small application that converts electronic documents into MP3 audio files. It can easily be used for email and web pages. The speech output can be transferred to a standard audio CD or downloaded to a portable MP3 player. The software also has a small word processor so that converted PDF files can be edited and read aloud.

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