Cross-platform text-to-speech

[pixelbird at interisland.net]

> Narrator appears to be present on 2K and XP, didn't see it
on 98.  Not sure
> if this is what you're looking for, but it appears to be a
bare bones text
> to speech engine for reading dialogs/alerts/etc.
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Yep! Its in the accessories. We just looked at it in W2K.
All it does is alert and Windows stuff. We couldn't get it
to speak the text of any docs. It actually will say the
letter you type, too, even with the onscreen keyboard thing,
but only _after_ you hit the key. Couldn't figure out the
point of that. If it's supposed to help vision impaired
users, they just _might_ want to know what the key is
_before_ they press it, like it does with the Windows controls.
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> Even Microsoft
> acknowledges that users may need a third party utility if
they want
> something with more features.  Run a search on Google and
you'll find a
> bunch of references to Narrator and comparable utilities.
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You can AS the MacInTalk speech utility with any text
anytime, in any of 17 voices, plus HC has it as a button
task if you wish, plus you can select any text, and it will
speak it. I use it to feedback voice on all the buttons
(rollover) in the app, plus speak the entire main field, or
any selected portion thereof.

I have a version of the Bible I can just choose a book,
chapter, and verse, choose a voice, and it takes off,
meaning it acts much like audio books. It will keep going
'till the end of the chapter (in this particular software
version).

This is what I need for Windows if the app is to work in
that system, plus, I will need to control it to turn it off
and on, volume, voice choices, etc., from Rev. 

I found the MetaCard external for TTS, but I don't know what
functions it's supposed to control, or for what TTS app.

Best regards,
Ken N.








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