I found a few text/pdf to voice programs online, but they all have harsh voices. Is there a free one out there with a natural sounding voice? I'm guessing not, but I wanted to ask here just for the heck of it.

The ones I found were at download.com. They work, I just can't stand to listen to them for any length of time.

7/31/2007 4:38:56 PM

Just for fun, I will also guess not.

7/31/2007 7:40:19 PM

i'd like to know, too.

7/31/2007 8:57:33 PM

Dragon Naturally Speaking

the best

7/31/2007 10:34:51 PM

i got some at&t program....it works with text aloud mp3...never use it but its awesome...i think the names of the voices are crystal and bob

7/31/2007 10:54:28 PM

freeware from at&t?

wow.

7/31/2007 11:24:24 PM

freeware from Noen

7/31/2007 11:25:24 PM

Quote :

"Dragon Naturally Speaking"

i know it's kind of hidden in both the TITLE and the BODY...

but what part of the whole "freeware" concept do you not get?




[Edited on July 31, 2007 at 11:28 PM. Reason : ]

7/31/2007 11:27:09 PM

I thought dragon naturally speaking was for input not output?

7/31/2007 11:35:39 PM

bonzi buddy

8/1/2007 12:02:27 AM

^^ yeah, you're right. it's voice -> text... not text-> voice.

i just saw the $99 pricetag. i dont buy any software if i can help it. especially now that my desktop is Linux-only

8/1/2007 12:17:14 AM

8/1/2007 1:01:48 AM

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"but what part of the whole "freeware" concept do you not get? "

Forgive me, I'm an idiot.

8/1/2007 7:48:14 AM

8/1/2007 8:36:02 AM

I might just break down and buy one. Since I can't stream anything at work, I need some extra stimulation. I found a few trial versions from c/net that seemed promising, but I'm strapped for cash at the moment.

I'm still doubting it exists, but I'll send it to the top for the heck of it.

8/1/2007 8:54:55 AM

http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
AT&T Demo

8/1/2007 10:12:11 AM

Thats pretty cool, but its not worth $300 per voice for the software.

8/1/2007 10:20:42 AM

This may be an exercise in futility, but I'm bttt-ing it one last time.

8/17/2007 3:09:59 PM

Get a Mac

8/17/2007 3:12:14 PM

Did you read the thread? Go troll in another thread.

Considering that none of the software I use for my job will ever be available on a mac, I think I'll stick with my PC's.

8/17/2007 5:13:55 PM

Macs come with text to speech

Parallels, dude!

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8/17/2007 5:14:24 PM