The Advantages of Text To Speech Readers

We live in such a fast paced world. Everything that we do is getting quicker and quicker. Waiting a minute or two for something 10 years ago is equivalent to waiting 2 or 3 seconds today. Don't you think that is true? And we are now masters at multitasking. Even men multitask and that used to be thought of as a woman's talent. I found a new to me gadget that helps us to multitask called text to speech. More specifically it is a tool called TextAloud. It is really rather amazing! It can read your email, web pages, reports and lots more aloud to you on your PC. Imagine being able to dust and have your email read aloud to you, or cook supper while listening to a report for work. You can also have them saved as Mp3 or Windows Media files. Then you can just take your reading with you and listen on your iPod or PocketPC. Isn't that amazing?

I don't know about you, but I am wondering how enjoyable it would be to listen to a computerized voice read to me. I am remembering the automated calls I get from the clinic telling us about our appointments. The voice was always so metallic and mispronounced our names. Computerized voices have changed though. They sound more human-like and less like the robots of our youth (remember "Lost In Space"?). Using the optional AT&T Natural Voices or the premium voices from NeoSpeech and Cepstral, TextAloud makes hearing your favorite blogs or email read to you a pleasure.

Hey, want to know the best part?? You can download a free trial version of TextAloud. It does not include the optional premium voices, but it is fully functional. You can evaluate it for 15 days without any obligation. Of course, if you decide to purchase it, you can add the optional premium voices. I can really see this being an asset to really busy moms, business people and students.