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Text to speech software recommendations?
Believe it or not, you can use google translate to generate audio files from text for free.
1) Type or paste the text into the translation window. (Note: you don't need to actually translate the text to another language.)
2) Click the listen button in the window where the "to be translated" text sits.
3) Look in your browser window cookies folder for the mp3 file google just created to play back your text.
4) Move and rename the file so you can find it later.
This works for me as long as I am outside of my company's firewall (which blocks the audio cookie).
The dowside is, you can't select your voice. The upside is it is quick, easy, and free.
If you need more info, I have a screenr I recorded some time ago: https://player.vimeo.com/video/204928666
Hi Owen, Thanks for this! How I can find my window cookies folder ? I'm using google chrome. Thanks !
I haven't tested with Chrome or used this for some time, but I assume it works the same. Leslie gave you a good link for instructions on finding your chrome cookies. Thanks Leslie!
