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Screen
readers (text to speech)
DecTalk http://www.ultranet.com/~rongemma/
(download demo available) WIN
Made by the Digital corporation, DECtalk is desktop software
that employs applications that electronically speak to users.
With DECtalk, applications can convert (standard) text into
intelligible, human-like speech through a sound card on your
system. DECtalk offers you a choice of nine rich voice
personalities, intonation and speed control, and has built-in
phonetic, linguistic, and pronunciation rules.
HELP Read: http://www.pixi.com/~reader1/
(download demo available) WIN
HELP Read is freeware program that will highlight and read
aloud electronic text. Hawaii
Education Literacy Project (HELP): Read, is attempting to
develop a freeware solution addressing literacy and
educational challenges brought on by the advance of
technology colliding with traditional print-based teaching
methods.
WillowTALK: http://www.willowpond.com/
(download demo available) WIN
Lets your PC speak to you in computer voices, for
productivity or fun. It reads web pages, Word documents,
spreadsheets, Help files, and more.
Tex-Edit: http://www.nearside.com/trans-tex/
(download demo available) MAC
Tex-Edit Plus is a text editor that fills the gap between
Apple's bare-bones SimpleText and a full-featured word
processor. It's fast, efficient, and has a clean, uncluttered
interface and can highlight text as reads back to the user.
ReadPlease2000 http://www.readplease.com/
(download demo available) WIN
ReadPlease is a free software program that speaks any text
copied to the Windows Clipboard from any Windows application
and features four human voices (Mary, Mike, Sam and Marilyn).