text-to-speech application on Windows ?

[ETatBKK]

hi there

for some reason I find the screen narration is quite helpful for reading long text documents. currently I just use the Windows 8.1 text-to-speech feature, under the ease of access, of the control panel.

although there are some controls on the voice types, speed and pitch, the narration voice is pity non-human.

anyone has experience with different text-to-speech application ?

cheers

[NeverSure]

I don't know if there's a really good one since I know only of computerized voices. Maybe it's time to hire a hottie to sit next to you and read, LOL.

I use Natural Reader because I can change not only voices but speed. It's free HERE.

There are other applications which will turn text into .wav files so you can listen to them on an audio device. I haven't tried those.

[JLCrab]

Adobe Reader has built-in text to speech application under VIEW / Read out loud tab -- only works with digital PDFs and not image PDFs

[ETatBKK]

thanks guys, will look into these options !

'Maybe it's time to hire a hottie to sit next to you and read, LOL.'

very natural I know, but I can't afford one :-)

PDF text-to-speech is very limited within PDF document. yet it could be one of the options.