Hi Patricia, Several programs will record text files and save them as mp3, or wav files. I hesitate to use the word convert,since there really isn't any conversion going on. With these programs, a synthesized voice is reading the text file loaded into the program and it is being recorded. You don't hear it, because it isn't being piped to the speakers. OpenBook version 6 and up will do the same thing to documents that have been scanned, and will tell you when it is finished. Now, for the blind individual, it would be simple enough to set your screen-reader to it's say-all function, and use a recording app to save it to a audio file. However, for any computer user, it would be much simpler to use a free program such as say-it, or say-pad to load the file into and let it do the work. No matter which option is used, the text is going to be read and recorded by a synthesized voice. The only way to get a human voice to read the text in question, is to have a person read the text while being recorded. Say-it, will save recordings in .wav format, and you can find it on the audio page of the list website. I believe say-pad will save in mp3, but it is not on the site, and I don't know why. smile HTH, Richard Justice www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] KCONVERTING TEXT FILES TO VOICE FOR RECORDING
That's right and that's exactly what I was looking for.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] KCONVERTING TEXT FILES TO VOICE FOR RECORDING > If the text isn't being read, how is Dragon going to do anything with it? > Remember, Dragon is speech to text, not text to speech. > Richard Justice > www.blind-computing.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Harmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:12 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] KCONVERTING TEXT FILES TO VOICE FOR > RECORDING > > > latest version doesn't require any training and is very accurate. > > Rick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 5:11 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] KCONVERTING TEXT FILES TO VOICE FOR > RECORDING > > > Patricia, I don't think so. I guess something like Dragon Naturally > Speaking could do something if it had been trained for the voice being > used. > Cheers. > Alex > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patricia > Sent: 09 July 2007 20:30 > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] KCONVERTING TEXT FILES TO VOICE FOR > RECORDING > > Would there be a program that could do the opposite, converting voice to > text? > > Patricia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Harmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:45 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] KCONVERTING TEXT FILES TO VOICE FOR > RECORDING > > >> try text aloud at www.nextup.com >> >> it does a very good job and is $30. >> >> Rick >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "BLIND COMPUTING MAILING LIST" <Blind-Computing@jaws-users.com> >> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 12:28 PM >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] KCONVERTING TEXT FILES TO VOICE FOR RECORDING >> >> >> I have GoldWave, Real Player Plus and Window Eyes. What I'm trying to do >> is >> find a way to convert text files into spoken MP3 files which I can then >> store on disk. I am a writer and have a ton of these that I'd like to >> share. Can anyone give me some hints. I tried just setting up the files >> on >> word, then alt tabbing to GoldWave and initiating the Record function but >> that doesn't seem to be working. Is it because they're on the same >> computer? >> At this point, I did try to make sure that GoldWave was set on recording >> from the line input which seems to be the only option since the source >> isn't >> a CD. 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