What is the best text-to-speech program for turning large amounts of text into an mp3 file?
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Microsoft sam
If you have a Mac or access to one you can do it very easily. In System Preferences select the text to speech voice you want it read in, then open the text you want read in Text Edit. Select all, right click, and choose "Send to iTunes as Spoken Word track".
Windows it's a little more complicated as I don't know that it has a native text to speech system. There are various third party apps you can get, but I don't know of any that are free. Most have a demo page where you can enter text into a box and have the voice read it, which you can then record yourself using an audio capture application, however there is generally a character limit on the boxes and I imagine it would be a little cumbersome if you were trying to create entire audiobook chapters.
Windows it's a little more complicated as I don't know that it has a native text to speech system. There are various third party apps you can get, but I don't know of any that are free. Most have a demo page where you can enter text into a box and have the voice read it, which you can then record yourself using an audio capture application, however there is generally a character limit on the boxes and I imagine it would be a little cumbersome if you were trying to create entire audiobook chapters.
What a good one for a iPod
>>110966
I can't really recommend a good program for the actual text to speech, since it's been a long time since I've used one. Still, Speakonia is an oldie but goldie. If all else fails, that usually works.
But no matter what TTS program you use, it won't produce good results unless you have good voices to go with it. So if you want the authentic Moonman, PTS, and/or Emperor TTS experience, do yourself a favour and get yourself the AT&T Natural Voices to go with it.
Finding that is a bit tricker, and you'll have to hunt for the download by yourself. But if it's around 6 GB total with 8 US voices, you're on the right track
I can't really recommend a good program for the actual text to speech, since it's been a long time since I've used one. Still, Speakonia is an oldie but goldie. If all else fails, that usually works.
But no matter what TTS program you use, it won't produce good results unless you have good voices to go with it. So if you want the authentic Moonman, PTS, and/or Emperor TTS experience, do yourself a favour and get yourself the AT&T Natural Voices to go with it.
Finding that is a bit tricker, and you'll have to hunt for the download by yourself. But if it's around 6 GB total with 8 US voices, you're on the right track
Try mary: https://github.com/marytts/marytts
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I decided to use this http://www.fromtexttospeech.com/ and then use Audacity to remove the long-ass pauses between lines and increase tempo by 50%. It's fast, but I can understand it.
I can read long books in mere minutes. The ears always were faster than the eyes. This is the true patrician way to experience novels.
I can read long books in mere minutes. The ears always were faster than the eyes. This is the true patrician way to experience novels.
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