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Text to speech software recommendations?
Diane Rhodes-Michaely said:
Thank you everyone for your responses. Unfortunately I don't have the "stereo mix" option on my Windows 7 machine after I selected the "show disabled devices' option.
I'm also on windows 7 and found that the option was listed as Rec. Playback . I also discovered that my sound card driver was outdated so it would not let me select it when using apps like Replay. Now that I've updated my audio drivers, it works like a charm.
As an alternative, you can actually use google translate to create MP3 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 downside 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