1st Read It Aloud!

Platform: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista
Download size: 3.19 MB
Single licence price: $19.95 USD

Overview

Our kids frequently ask us to read something aloud. However, the adults often need somebody to read for them too. That is why 1st Read It Aloud! was created. Since now, you can listen to the text you want being read by the voice you prefer with the pitch and speed you'd like to. Just select some text from any application, press hot key and enjoy listening to the live voice reading your documents, readmes, notes, e-mails, web sites and a lot of other useful stuff. You even don't need to copy desired text into clipboard! What can be easier? Just select and listen!

English is spoken all over the world. United States, Canada, UK and many other countries speak English, but sometimes the pronunciation of the words differs and depends on the place where you exactly live. With the 1st Read It Aloud! you can easily correct the pronunciation of any word.

1st Read It Aloud! support numerous voices in more than twenty different languages, It also supports both old SAPI4 and new SAPI5 speech synthesis technologies. Give a rest to you yes. Let computer talk with you and read you aloud as your parents did in your childhood.

Before you buy 1st Read It Aloud! please look through its main advantages:

What are the advantages of 1st Read It Aloud?

Just select necessary text in any application and enjoy listening!

This is true! You do not need to copy text into clipboard. Your clipboard will stay untouched. Just select text, press hot key you defined and enjoy!

Choose one of the tens different voices

You can download new free voices from our web site and all over the world. 1st Read It Aloud! supports both SAPI4 and SAPI5 voices. Use best quality voices of your language!

With Voice slots you can assign different hot keys to different voices with their own properties like speed, pitch and volume. For example, you prefer the female voice of Julia to read your e-mails and the male Sidney's one to read your Word documents.

Change voice's speed, pitch and volume in one click

Just open Options window and quickly set up all necessary speech settings.

Correct the pronunciation of any word

With 1st Read It Aloud! you can correct pronunciation of any word or tell program not to read some special characters.

Fast work with hot keys

1st Read It Aloud! allows user to configure all program's hot keys. You can also assign desired hot key to desired voice with custom voice settings (speed, pitch and volume) with the help of Voice slots

User-friendly and handy interface

Try 1st Read It Aloud! now to make sure this is true!

Download additional voices and speech engines for 1st Read It Aloud!

Key features

	Just select necessary text in any application and enjoy listening
	Choose one of the tens different voices
	Use different voices for different hot keys
	Change voice's speed, pitch and volume in one click
	Correct the pronunciation of any word
	Fast work with hot keys
	User-friendly and handy interface

If you feel that should have more features or functions, please write us - manager@QwertyStudios.com - and tell, what features do you want us to include into program. We can also create custom build of program with specific capabilities specially for your company or team.

Screenshots

Main window of 1st Read It Aloud! with Voice slots tab
New Voice Slot window
Context menu of program's tray icon	Correcting pronunciation of word
Program's icon in the system tray

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System Requirements

Pentium III 500 MHz

64 Mb RAM

5 MB Hard Disk

Sound card

Platform: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista

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FAQ

Q: What additional files does 1st Read It Aloud! require?

A: 1st Read it Aloud! requires Microsoft Text to Speech Engine, Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) and at least one TTS Voice installed in your system. You don't need to download them manually because 1st Read It Aloud's installer contains all these files.

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