? about the best free text to speech software

Gregg Bell · 05-07-2013, 04:25 PM

I see a lot of these things (like Ginger and UltraHal) will read and put the word on the screen in MS Word. But I'm usually proofreading in EPUB. Anybody know of a good free text to speech proofreader that will work with EPUB? Thanks.

VydorScope · 05-08-2013, 07:41 AM

I just hit OPTION-ESC and a nice lady named Karen reads my stuff to me. Oh, wait you probably don't have a Mac.. soory.

Dunno what Windows users use as it built into the Mac OS.

gmw · 05-08-2013, 09:49 AM

I use Windows. I chose a product called TextAloud from NextUp. I mainly chose this for the many different voices I could get. In theory TextAloud is supposed to open ePubs, in practice it never seems to work for me, but I don't care that much. I don't edit epub directly other than tidy-up, all text changes happen against my original source. Also I find proof-reading is best done in short doses, so I simply copy an paste one scene at a time into the TextAloud window.

Gregg Bell · 05-08-2013, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmw

I use Windows. I chose a product called TextAloud from NextUp. I mainly chose this for the many different voices I could get. In theory TextAloud is supposed to open ePubs, in practice it never seems to work for me, but I don't care that much. I don't edit epub directly other than tidy-up, all text changes happen against my original source. Also I find proof-reading is best done in short doses, so I simply copy an paste one scene at a time into the TextAloud window.

thanks gmw

05-07-2013, 04:25 PM	#1
Gregg Bell Gregg Bell Posts: 2,266 Karma: 3917598 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Itasca, Illinois Device: Kindle Touch 7, Sony PRS300, Fire HD8 Tablet	? about the best free text to speech software I see a lot of these things (like Ginger and UltraHal) will read and put the word on the screen in MS Word. But I'm usually proofreading in EPUB. Anybody know of a good free text to speech proofreader that will work with EPUB? Thanks.

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05-08-2013, 07:41 AM	#2
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	I just hit OPTION-ESC and a nice lady named Karen reads my stuff to me. Oh, wait you probably don't have a Mac.. soory. Dunno what Windows users use as it built into the Mac OS.

05-08-2013, 09:49 AM	#3
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	I use Windows. I chose a product called TextAloud from NextUp. I mainly chose this for the many different voices I could get. In theory TextAloud is supposed to open ePubs, in practice it never seems to work for me, but I don't care that much. I don't edit epub directly other than tidy-up, all text changes happen against my original source. Also I find proof-reading is best done in short doses, so I simply copy an paste one scene at a time into the TextAloud window.