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Microsoft AutoRoute voice ScanSoft – RealSpeak Solo for UK English Emily.
Freeware
Windows
17.0 MB
57,265
The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4, OGG or WMA file. The program can read the clipboard content, view the text from AZW, CHM, DjVu, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, MOBI, ODT, PRC, PDF and RTF files, customize font and background colour, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys.
The program uses various versions of Microsoft Speech API (SAPI); it allows to alter a voice's parameters, including rate and pitch. The user can apply a special substitution list to improve the quality of the voice's articulation. This feature is useful when you want to change the spelling of words. The rules for the pronunciation correction use the syntax of regular expressions.
Balabolka can save the synchronized text in external LRC files or in MP3 tags inside the audio files. When an audio file is played with players on a computer or on modern digital audio players, the text is displayed synchronously (at the same way, as lyrics for songs).
What's New:
- Fixed the text extracting for DjVu files.
- Resources for Slovenian language were updated (thanks to Jo탑ef Gregorc).
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New versions of Windows often add new text-to-speech voices. Windows Vista added Anna which was retained up to Windows 7. Windows 8 also had new voices, David, Zira and Hazel. Windows 10 features a set of additional voices in Technical Preview. In the current build 9879 of Windows 10, enthusiasts have discovered the following new voices in the US English version : Microsoft Mark Mobile and Microsoft Eva Mobile, and a special test voice designed for Cortana. The older Windows 8 voices are also present. It is possible to unlock the 'Eva' voice and check it out if you're interested. Here is how.
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The Eva voice can be unlocked with a special Registry tweak. It looks as follows:
Save the above text as a *.reg file. Alternatively, you can download ready-to-use Registry file below:
Download Registry tweak for Eva voice
Download Registry tweak for Eva voice
Now, do the following:
- Open Control Panel
- Go to the following path:
- On the left, click the 'Text to speech' link. There you will find the new Eva Mobile voice. Click the Preview Voice button to listen to it:
That's it. (via kw259@MDL)
Are you a fan of text-to-speech voices? You will find many more localized voices if you install Language Packs for your version of Windows. For example, the Spanish version includes Helena and Sabina. The French version has Microsoft Hortense, German has Hedda, Japanese has Haruka and Huihui, Chinese Traditional version has Tracy and so on.
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