eSpeak has a command line version for generating .wav files from input text: http://espeak.sourceforge.net/ Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: QuentinC To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 12:34 PM Subject: Re: Generating wav files with Sapi5 tts > Quentin: What do you mean by spoken text? I think the general problem is to find a tool which receives a text as input, and converts it to Wave/MP3, using a synthesizer. Please note that I am not meaning a sound recording utility which captures the voice of the synthesizer while it is speaking. I mean a direct text to wave/MP3, which can encode a , for example 20-minute Wave/MP3 file, out of a text using a synthesizer in a few seconds Yes, I have well understood. DSpeech takes a text file and convert it into wave or MP3, but it is not command line and probably cannot be used as batch. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5635 (20101120) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5635 (20101120) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com