Reading aloud is a great way to proofread your writing. But let’s face it - most of us don’t like doing it. Reading your work aloud often feels stupid and awkward. The answer - let the computer do it for you…
Turns out there is a lot of text-to-speech software (TTS) available. Apparently it’s easy to download and even easier to use. So if you don’t want to hear your own voice, give it a go.
A quick ‘google’ search came up with these…
Read Please
Next Up
Natural Readers
But I haven’t had time to try any of them. Has anyone else used text-to-speech software. What do you think? Any recommendations?
Saturday, February 17, 2007
A Writer's voice...
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Hi Liz
Off topic, but thought of you when I saw this. Ziki looks like a good free marketing tool with possibilities for writers.
I blogged briefly on it at http://www.growyourwritingbusiness.com/?p=117
Re the reading aloud, there is also software which works the other way round. You read and it ends up as text.
Dragon Naturally Speaking http://australia.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/preferred/
is the main one, but XP also has a voice function.
Yvonne Russell
Hi Yvonne, thanks for info. Will check it out.
Cheers, Liz
Liz,
I've used Readplease for exactly this purpose. It definitely helps, and there is a free version. Now I'm using TextAloud with NeoSpeech's Kate voice. I love her; she sounds sexy!
Let Me know if you have any questions.
Hi Glenda, thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.
Think I'll try out the Readplease some time soon. Will let you know what I think.
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