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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Speakonia 1.3.5
Pros: This was easy to install and use. I've only used Opera Voice and one other voice program so I don't have much to compare it to. You can set the functions so when you select text and copy it to the clipboard it automatically reads the text. There's an assortment of voices, speeds, tones - adjustable to your listening preferences which is nice. I haven't used the other functions but it's user friendly.
Cons: The female voices were listed, but didn't work. Only male voices worked for me (not that it matters a whole lot). When you chose it to talk by saving to clipboard it's inconvenient if you want to use the voice function while you're editing (copy/paste). The other option is to put the selected text into it's "notepad" style clipboard/screen whatever you want to call it. But it's a light cute program. Great value for free!
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Speakonia 1.3.5
"Convenient features, many voices"
Pros: I love this program. After installing it, I looked at the list of voices, and I counted 41; I was very happy with that. I had voices for Spanish, French, German, and Italian texts; I had British as well as American voices from which to choose. A feature I found extremely convenient is that if the program is open and one is using one's browser, one can simply select text on the page, or select the entire page, and immediately Speakonia will begin to read the text. In addition, the program has pitch, speed, and volume controls; it can save the text as wave files; and it will announce the current time and date on request.
Cons: The "Read Webpage" feature, in which Speakonia retrieves a specified webpage by itself and then proceeds to read it aloud, can result in Speakonia reading the encoding in the web page as well as the words. But this feature is labeled "experimental."
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Speakonia 1.3.5
Pros: Really great program and it dose all it says although I favor Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader as maybe as slightly better
Cons: NONE
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: Speakonia 1.3.5
Pros: conversion to wav file option is good.no other xtra quality.I have similar programme for children called "TALK IT"which offers at least 20 accents;each with 50 times better quality of sound reproduction and much smaller in file size.
Cons: 1.Asian/Indian accents missing
2.clarity not to good level
3.it will be good if it gives tray icons so that it can be run in the background.mere naming of text document should start reading
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Speakonia 1.3.5
Pros: I like this because you can make the speeches with funny voices that work well with Flash. It's free, small in file size and easy to use.
Cons: Unrealistic voices and old technology can make this a bit unattractive, but it is still a solid program.
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