<div dir="ltr">For those that were interested, I used Verbose (<a href="http://www.nch.com.au/verbose/index.html">http://www.nch.com.au/verbose/index.html</a>) and the Mike voice. Verbose has a short trial period and for my purposes was perfect today. I might buy it in the future, but voices sound too "robotic" or American.<br>
<br><br>Some things to look out for if you use this software. Make sure punctuation is used as the sentences just flowed into each other. not good for listening to. Also, there was no distinction between headings and normal text.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-AU">I also found Power Text
to Speech Reader at </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";" lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.naturalreaders.com/download.htm">http://www.naturalreaders.com/download.htm</a></span>. In it's free trial version, it is limited to 1000 words only. <br>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-AU">Natural
Reader <a href="http://www.naturalreaders.com/download.htm">http://www.naturalreaders.com/download.htm </a></span>Voices sound great, but cannot save files for later use in the free download. I think I'll be buying this at a later date.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the assistance.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Joseph Papaleo<br></p>
<p></p><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/15 Joseph Papaleo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josephpapaleo@gmail.com">josephpapaleo@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Thanks all for the great responses. <br><br><br>I'm trying out some "free" software now, but the limitations are the range of voices (sometimes only 1 or all American) or limited to 1000 words or 15 day trial, etc. <br>
<br><br>I'll send an update on what I found later.<br><br>Thanks again<br><br>Joseph<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/15 Paul Kerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pkerr@sion.melb.catholic.edu.au" target="_blank">pkerr@sion.melb.catholic.edu.au</a>></span><div>
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<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Hi Joseph,</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I have several programs that I am going to
try for the same reason. They are:</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Natural Reader</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">PowerTalk</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Read Please 2003</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">PdfAloud</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Wordtalk</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I have them on CD and I can drop in a copy
if you like. They are all freeware and apparently all work reasonably well</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Cheers</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Paul</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
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<p><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">
<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Joseph Papaleo<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 14 October 2008
11:52 PM<div><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Year 12 IT Applications
Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Year 12 IT Apps] Need a
program to convert text to audio</div></span></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Problem: Student
has problem <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">reading </span></b>notes.<br>
<br>
Solution: Student can <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">listen </span></b>to
notes on iPod.<br>
<br>
<br>
Can anyone recommend a program that I can download (either free or trial
download) that will convert text (Year 12 summary notes) into audio format (mp3
or wav file) that my student can then use to listen to?<br>
<br>
I did this mid-year, but the software I used was hit-and-miss. Anyone
else got experience with this and make a suitable recommendation?<br>
<br>
Many thanks in anticipation,<br>
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<br>
-- <br>
Joseph Papaleo<br>
Ivanhoe Grammar School<br>
Plenty Campus</span></font></p>
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