TextAloud
TextAloud 4 converts text from documents, webpages, PDF files and more into natural-sounding speech. Listen on your PC or create audio files. Text to Speech software for the Windows PC that converts your text from documents, email and webpages into natural-sounding speech. Optional premium voices offer an incredible variety of languages and accents. Struggling readers find listening to their reading can improve comprehension. Word highlighting in TextAloud helps strengthen recognition when you follow along. Helps those dealing with Dyslexia, ADD, and also low vision. TextAloud has built in extensions for the Chrome web browser and Microsoft Word. A floating toolbar lets TextAloud speak selected text from any window. Users of online save-for-later services Pocket and Instapaper can import bookmarked articles into TextAloud. TextAloud can save your daily reading to audio files for listening anywhere.
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Aloud
Aloud is a native macOS text-to-speech app for listening to selected text, PDFs, screenshots, images, and web articles. It reads selections from other Mac apps, can skip PDF headers, footers, and page numbers, recognize scanned pages and image text on-device, and highlight words as they are spoken. Users can control playback in a small floating reader, resume recent readings, adjust speed, set pronunciations, and export audio as M4A. Voices include those installed on macOS and the optional Kokoro neural voice, which runs locally on supported Macs. Users may also connect their own ElevenLabs or Cartesia API key for cloud voices, with those providers billing usage separately. Aloud is designed for Mac users who want to listen while working with documents, research, writing, or web content. It requires macOS 14 or later and is sold as a one-time purchase.
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Amazon Polly
Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech, allowing you to create applications that talk, and build entirely new categories of speech-enabled products. Polly's Text-to-Speech (TTS) service uses advanced deep learning technologies to synthesize natural sounding human speech. With dozens of lifelike voices across a broad set of languages, you can build speech-enabled applications that work in many different countries.
In addition to Standard TTS voices, Amazon Polly offers Neural Text-to-Speech (NTTS) voices that deliver advanced improvements in speech quality through a new machine learning approach. Polly’s Neural TTS technology also supports two speaking styles that allow you to better match the delivery style of the speaker to the application: a Newscaster reading style that is tailored to news narration use cases, and a Conversational speaking style that is ideal for two-way communication like telephony applications.
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TextReader.ai
Generate lifelike audio in seconds, ideal for podcasts, video voice-overs, personal greetings, IVR phone systems, and more. Free text-to-speech generator with realistic AI voices. Unlock the power of voice with TextReader, a user-friendly tool designed to transform written words into realistic audio effortlessly. Say goodbye to the monotony of reading, with TextReader, you can breathe life into your content at no cost. Featuring high-fidelity TTS WaveNet voices, our text-to-speech tool reads text aloud and enables you to download voice audio in MP3 format. Save on production costs by converting any text content to realistic audio in seconds. Simply input your text, choose the voice actor, and let TextReader do the rest. With TextReader's simple interface, crafting engaging and natural-sounding audio has never been easier. AI text-to-speech is a game-changer for personal productivity. Consume longer-form content on-the-go, be it while driving, exercising, or during a commute.
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