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ElenaPullara
Community Member
13 years ago

Text to speech software recommendations?

Hi, I'm looking for recommendations on good (free/cheap) text to speech software with a couple of different voice options and the abilitly to save as audio files such as .MP3 or .WAV that I can...
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NorbertKatona
Community Member
10 years ago

Hello,

I've been testing a lot of TTS Engines lately, I've been trying to find an as naturally sounding voice as possible to human. Been browsing the forum for weeks now and I have to say that the free ones are pretty far behind from the paid ones.

Thanks to Manuel, I believe I found one of the best engines out there at iSpeech, the others are not bad either... but if you need quality, they are the way to go.

  • HarryRose's avatar
    HarryRose
    Community Member
    10 years ago

    Hi,

    As I understand it there are a couple components in a TTS reader. A
    speech synthesiser that does the voice and the software that you put the
    text into. (The reader if you will) I am using Zabaware TTS reader with MS
    Anna. It's not as good as the Naturally Speaking voices, but it's free.

    If you are creating a course, you might have to read the license on the
    software you use. My understanding is the if you are selling the resulting
    product you have to get a different license then if you are using it for
    your own reading.

    Good luck hope this helps.

    Harry