Windows: Balabolka is a free application that supercharges text-to-speech in Windows. You can alter voices, pitch, cadence and speed, import popular text formats, and export the generated audio to popular audio formats. More »
If you or someone you know would like to make Android’s walking navigation more friendly to those without the requirement of a screen, Google released two apps last week that make it so. More »
All browsers: The free JISC TechDis bookmarklet and user script does something long overdue for web users. It creates a toolbar that makes text bigger, changes its font, reads it out loud, spell checks it and even pulls its references. More »
Windows only: Professional writers often read their work out loud to make sure it flows well and sounds coherent. If want to kick back and have the reading done for you, then give Speak Clipboard a try. More »
You need a quick text to speech conversion but you’re lacking the software to do so. No worries, Zamzar—the handy online file conversion tool—has added text to speech conversion. More »
Free webapp Hearwho converts text you enter into an MP3 audio file you can download. Select from a male or female voice, English or Spanish text conversion, and choose the quality of the resulting file at Hearwho. Similar to previously covered VozMe, the results are no substitute for a professional actor hired to read an audio book, but if you’ve got text you’d like to listen to while commuting or working out the results aren’t bad at all.
HearWho.com [via Techie Portal]
