![]() ![]() The Mac App store version - which I have - is still stuck at version 3.5. I wish the Mac App store is soon update to match the version you can buy directly from the developer. Utilizing text-to-speech voices of exceptional quality, with TextSpeech Pro you can: Synthesize text-to-speech from any document format (text, Microsoft. When it exceeds GhostREader, I will switch to it as my go-to tool. TextSpeech Pro Elements for Mac OS Welcome to TextSpeech Pro, the most powerful, easy to use text-to-speech software on the market. I wish it's developer continued best wishes to improve the output. TextSpeech Pro seems to be much more actively developed than GhostReader. And its the output that ultimately counts. But its output sounds smoother and clearer - just a little bit better than TextSpeech Pro. TextSpeech Pro does have a complicated interface. The other voices are simply not worthwhile since the quality is too low - Cs and Ds for audiobook conversion. In regard to Cepstral voices and other additional voices versus the high quality built-in voices of Mac OS X Lion, I say the best for audiobook conversion are the built-in Alex and the Cepstral David. But I would regard the output from TextSpeech Pro as a B- grade and GhostReader as a solid B grade. The main problem with TextSpeech Pro that the output sounds harsher, more tinny, and is not as smooth as with GhostReader. "read" can be pronounced "reed" or "red" depending on the context and you can choose which one is best for the output. It has the advantage of being able to customize pronunciation - thus making it more understandable (e.g. But it wins out based on how smooth and understandable the speech is. TextSpeech Pro is a professional text to speech software that reads any document (PDF, MS Word, etc.) aloud, easily converts documents to speech audio files, converts any copied text to speech, utilizes XML for better voice tuning, saves all voice settings on a document to a special document type for future use, and much more. The output can't be customized as much as with TextSpeech pro, however. GhostReader is the best of the text to speech products because its output is much closer to real human speech than the others. Can the audio output be customized by speed, prosody, pronunciation, etc. Is the audio output easily understandable like a real voice recording rather than a computerized voice? This means the sound has to be smooth and have prosody like real human speech.Ģ. ![]() I tried GhostReader, TextSpeech Pro, Narrator, and numerous other applications.ġ. I find it fantastic to listen to audio books since it stimulates the mind in some ways much better than by sight reading a book. Few of the books I am interested in are available as audio books. I like to convert my printed books and textbooks to audio books so I can listen to them while driving long distances to work. ![]()
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