Text to speech software recommendations?

I just explored this http://ctrlq.org/listen/, its free

Thanks for sharing that here Babita and welcome to the Heroes community! 

I'm trying to start a read in a pdf file from somewhere other than the beginning of the file using NaturalReader but I can't find this feature. Does anyone else know how to do this?

Welcome to our committee mr lan bell

Thanks for sharing to this Link. It's very useful for me.

Hi guys, I'm new to the group.

I wanted to mention, as someone else did, that Google does have some powerful text-to-speech engine. Also, if you have an Android device you can use their Google Text-to-Speech engine for turning text into speech. It's very high quality, especially the newer HQ voices. You can also use apps like Type Your Ringtone (full disclosure, I developed the app) to create and save different phrases. I wonder if a dedicated app for this type of thing would be useful.

Hey guys, 

There are also opensource text to speech applications check the following links

https://www.yakitome.com

http://blog.efrontlearning.net/2011/01/free-and-open-source-text-to-speech-tools-for-elearning.html

Hope this helps 

Thank you Owen so much for this Google Translate tip! It works much better than most of the free TTS options available :)

Hi. 
A customer of me was asking about TTS and i found this thread. 
The customer works in swedish so i guess the program i found aint suitable for your need. 
However, what i did found was that the translation you get from google translate are not allowed for commercial use. 

The current best text to speech software is Text Speaker. It has customizable pronunciation, reads anything on your screen, and it even has talking reminders. It is great for learning as it highlights the words as they are being read. The bundled voices are well priced and sound very human. Voices are available in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, and more. Easily converts blogs, email, e-books, and more to MP3 or for listening instantly.

Hi all,

I wanted to share that on audiotext.ws text to speech you can create an audiofile for free. The online tool provides a very natural sounding female voice and generates the file quickly for you. I use it regularly for my Youtube videos.

Hope this helps.