[jaws-uk] Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka. The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4, OGG or WMA file. The program can read
- From: Κούβαρης Κώστας <kostaskouv@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jaws.uk" <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:18:41 +0200
*Balabolka* is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices
installed on your system are available to *Balabolka*. 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 CHM, DjVu, DOC, EPUB,
FB2, HTML, ODT, PDF and RTF files, customize font and background colour,
control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys.
Balabolka
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).
Download Balabolka <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.zip>
*Size:* 6767 KB
*Version:* 2.3.0.516
*Licence:* Freeware
*Operating System:* Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7
*Language:* English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese
(Traditional), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal),
Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
*Help Files:* English, French, German, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian
*Portable Version: Download
<http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka_portable.zip>* (6466 KB)
Portable Balabolka does not require an installation and can be run from
a USB drive.
A computer must have at least one voice installed.
* *Balabolka* is a Russian word, it can be translated as "/chatterer/".
Balabolka
*Balabolka* supports skins that allow you to customize your window
appearance.
*Download Skin Pack* <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/skins.zip> (2.4 MB, 61
skins)
Balabolka
Balabolka
*Voices*
The program can use SAPI 4.x/5.x voices and the Microsoft Speech
Platform text-to-speech engines.
*SAPI 4*
*Lernout & Hauspie* TruVoice TTS engine (free voices):
* American English <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/voices/tv_enua.exe>
(1 MB)
* British English <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/voices/lhttseng.exe>
(2.5 MB)
* Dutch <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/voices/lhttsdun.exe> (2.6 MB)
* French <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/voices/lhttsfrf.exe> (2.2 MB)
* German <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/voices/lhttsged.exe> (2.2 MB)
* Italian <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/voices/lhttsiti.exe> (2 MB)
* Japanese <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/voices/lhttsjpj.exe> (3 MB)
* Korean <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/voices/lhttskok.exe> (3 MB)
* Portuguese (Brazil)
<http://www.cross-plus-a.com/voices/lhttsptb.exe> (2.4 MB)
* Russian <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/voices/lhttsrur.exe> (2.9 MB)
* Spanish <http://www.cross-plus-a.com/voices/lhttsspe.exe> (2.4 MB)
To use SAPI 4 voices, download and install the redistributable Microsoft
Speech API
<http://download.microsoft.com/download/speechSDK/Install/4.0a/WIN98/EN-US/spchapi.EXE>
file (827 KB). Also, you may download and install the Microsoft Speech
Control Panel
<http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/e/c9ee5f5d-7631-4ee7-aee4-dbd22b2b1439/SpchCpl.exe>
(928 KB); the Speech Control Panel will add an icon to your Control
Panel to enable you to list the compatible text-to-speech engines
installed on your system and customize their settings for your use.
*SAPI 5*
*Microsoft* TTS engine (free voices):
* Microsoft Voices Mary, Sam and Mike
<http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/new/graphics_and_multimedia/audio/audio_tools/msttsl.exe>
(7.5 MB)
*RealSpeak* TTS engine (free voices, published on the server of Microsoft):
* British English <http://depositfiles.com/files/5dj4z07vp> (19.4 MB)
Mirror
<http://hotfile.com/dl/142888220/8cfbcef/RSSolo4UKEnglish.zip.html>
* French <http://depositfiles.com/files/6210097> (22.5 MB)
Mirror
<http://hotfile.com/dl/142908462/3141766/RSSolo4French.zip.html>
* German <http://depositfiles.com/files/6212458> (20.7 MB)
Mirror
<http://hotfile.com/dl/142901380/d76a6bf/RSSolo4German.zip.html>
* Italian <http://depositfiles.com/files/6213244> (21.5 MB)
Mirror
<http://hotfile.com/dl/142900937/289f528/RSSolo4Italian.zip.html>
* Spanish <http://depositfiles.com/files/6214111> (21.7 MB)
Mirror
<http://hotfile.com/dl/142899043/10c41c6/RSSolo4Spanish.zip.html>
Yaroslav Kozak (Lviv, Ukraine) created the Ukrainian voice *UkrVox*:
* UkrVox Igor <http://biblprog.org.ua/en/ukrvox/>
To get better voice quality, you can buy commercial TTS engines.
*High Quality Commercial Voices:*
* Acapela Group <http://www.acapela-group.com>
* AT&T Natural Voices <http://www.naturalvoices.att.com>
* Cepstral <http://www.cepstral.com>
* Loquendo <http://www.loquendo.com/en/>
* NeoSpeech <http://www.neospeech.com>
* Nuance <http://www.nuance.com>
* IVONA <http://www.ivona.com>
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