Links to Online sites that help you transform your written texts to spoken texts:
http://free-translator.imtranslator.net/speech.asp
This is the most useful site.
http://say.expressivo.com/
You can download the generated speech using the provided link.
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http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html
Demo
http://www.speaksforitself.com/speaksforitself/talking.asp?UID=181665862268
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http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en
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http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Speech_Technology/Speech_Synthesis/
Text to Speech Synthesis
Speech Synthesis Markup Language - http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/
The current version of the (draft) proposal for an XML-based Speech Synthesis Markup
Language, as part of the W3C's Speech Interface Framework. This is an industry standard in the making.
Speech Synthesis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis
Overview article from free encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Web Site Speech Plug-in - http://www.speaksforitself.com
Site provides a free, cross platform (Windows and MacOS), cross browser (Netscape and IE)
plug-in that gives web sites the ability to talk by transforming text to speech.
Vaja Thai Text-to-Speech Synthesis - http://www.nectec.or.th/rdi/vaja/
Research and development of Thai Text-to-Speech Synthesis at National Electronics and
Computer Center. Established in 1998 to research and develop a natural Thai synthesized speech.
SpokenText.net a free online text to audio converter - http://www.spokentext.net/
Convert Microsoft Word, Acrobat PDF, PowerPoint, plain text files, web pages, and emails
to spoken audio which you can then listen to online or transfer to your iPod.
News, tutorials, and product features.
RC Systems - http://www.rcsys.com
Text to speech synthesis products. Boards, modules, and chips.
Downloadable data sheets and product information.
Demonstrations of Simulated Emotional Speech -
http://emosamples.syntheticspeech.de/
Collection of links and sound-examples of simulated emotional speech by synthesis.
NeXTeNS: Text-to-Speech for Dutch - http://nextens.uvt.nl/
The NeXTeNS project aims at developing a modern, clean, multi-platform,
open source text-to-speech system for Dutch that is freely available for
research and education purposes using Mbrola and Festival components.
Initiated by University of Nijmegen and the University of Tilburg.
Digalo TTS engine - http://www.digalo.com
Text-To-Speech engine for Microsoft Agent and SAPI compliant applications.
Available in 7 languages (French, German, Spanish, US English, British, Russian,
Brazilian Portuguese). Licensed Elan TTS-engine. Download free trial.
ETeX AG - Text-To-Speech & Voice Recordings - http://www.etex.de
German firm selling text-to-speech solutions, based on unit selection and diphones.
ETeX uses its recording studio (specialized for voice recordings) for text-to-speech
voices, voice prompts, and spoken manuals.
Emofilt - http://emofilt.sourceforge.net/
Prosody-filter to simulate emotional arousal with speech synthesis based on the
free-for-non-commercial-use MBROLA synthesis engine available in Java.
CompSpeak 2050 - http://www.compspeak2050.org
Institute for the Study of Talking Computers and Oral Culture. The Institute's
mission is to study the social, cultural, and philosophical implications of talking
computers and voice recognition technology. Site taking orders for a pre-publishing
book having a provocative viewpoint on the impact of talking computers.
InfoQuick Software Technology Corp. - http://www.infoquick.com.cn
Focus on speech technology research and development in Chinese language,
including TTS and ASR.
Sayvoice - http://www.sayvoice.com/
Provides text to speech software for natural voice. Online demo, screen shots,
and voice samples.
Phobos Soft - http://www.phobos.ro/
Provides a speech synthesizer for the Romanian language, and audio applications
for speech/music effects. On-line speech synthesizer demo.
Moehler's Speech Synthesis Examples -
http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/~moehler/synthspeech/examples.html
Commented examples of speech synthesis for 25 languages.
German text-to-speech systems - http://ttssamples.syntheticspeech.de
A commented overview of commercial and scientific TTS (text-to-speech) -
systems for the German language with examples.
Introduction to the Java Speech API - http://ociweb.com/jnb/jnbMar2006.html
A short introduction to speech synthesis with the Java speech API 1.0
Audio Generator for the web - http://audiogenerator.com/
Site offers technique to add your own voice to web pages and e-mails.
Voicealizer - http://www.voicealizer.com
Voicealizer enables even the most technophobic web user to get high quality
voice recordings onto any web site or weblog in minutes using the phone or a microphone.
Advanced Technology and Research - http://www.atr.net/
Markets a variety of speech products for industry including voiceprint,
text to speech and airport security systems. Good online text to speech demo.
SpeechArabia - http://www.speecharabia.com
Provides Arabic / multi language voice interface solutions, for individuals and
corporate. Initial offerings focus on tect to speech applications.
Analogue Speech Synthesizers - http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/davies/vocpage.htm
Reviewing Vocoders and musical chorus synthesizers by EMS, Moog, Roland, Korg,
and Electro Harmonics, talking chips (Votrax, TI) and speech recognition hardware.
Information site rather than sales.
Tutorial On Speech Synthesis -
http://www.ias.et.tu-dresden.de/sprache/lehre/multimedia/tutorial/rahmen.htm
Interactive tutorial of speech synthesis technology by German university.
Voice Synthesis IC and Speech Synthesizer chips - http://www.textspeak.com/oemtts.htm
TextSpeak(tm) speech synthesis chip sets and plug-in modules accept RS-232 text,
keyboard and wireless input. Low cost, unlimited vocabulary, designed for consumer
and VARs. Purchase online.
Speech and Software Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd. - http://www.sstil.com
One of India's global IT services and product-engineering companies,
providing a wide range of speech-based IT solutions such as automatic
speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, computer telephony, IVR,
speaker verification and a version of IBM ViaVoice customized for an Indian accent.
TalkingOnline.com - http://www.talkingonline.com
Online speech-synthesizer with very limited capabilities.
Text-to-Speech, Occidental Communications - http://www.occidental.com.au/tts.html
Directory of TTS links.
text-talk - http://www.text-talk.com
Offers limited English and Lithuanian TTS over Web interface with Mbrola speech engine.
VariTalk - http://www.varitalk.com
Provides a platform for voice respnose systems.
Mindmaker - http://www.flexvoice.com/
Sells FlexVoice (TM), a text-to-speech (TTS) engine. Online demo shows good prosidy.
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/tts/table.html
The Festvox Project
from Carnegie Mellon Online demo available
Babil
from Babel Technologies Online demo available
(150 characters maximum)
rVoice
from Rhetorical Systems Online demo available
(255 characters maximum)
Elan Tempo
from Elan Speech Online demo available
General Purpose Voices
from Cepstral Online demo available
ReadPlease
from Readplease Corporation and AT&T
Online demo available (30 words), as is a freeware download
Web Site Speech Plug-in
from Speaks for Itself
Online demo available, as is a free download
The MBROLA Project
from the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons
No interactive demo
FlexVoice
from Mindmaker
Online demo available (300 characters)
SpeakThis
from Fonix Online demo available
Web speech plugin
from Archangelis Online demo available
Festival
from IMS Online demo available
CyberBuddy
by John M. DeFino Demo not available
NeXTeNS
from the University of Nijmegen and the University of Tilburg
Online demo available (130 characters)
Digit
from Elan Speech Evaluation version available (15 days)
VoxWorx
from Clarynx Online demo available
InfoQuick
from Sino Voice Online demo available (50 characters)
DEMOSTHeNES
from The University of Athens No online demo available
Desktop Readers
ReadPlease - http://www.readplease.com/
Text-to-speech software for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2K/XP. Freeware and commercial versions.
Uses AT&T Natral Voices.
NextUp.com - TextAloud Software - http://www.nextup.com
Desktop Reader with extra software to read special news items like stock, weather etc.
Natural Voice Reader - http://www.naturalreaders.com
English Desktop reader. Free Version with MS-Voices downloadable.
Commercial version with AT&T Natural Voices TTS.
Desktop Text to Speech Utility - http://thecyberbuddy.com/
CyberBuddy - a freeware utility program that uses MicroSoft Agents to do
Instant Messaging with speech and animation, reminders, time of day,
check email, news reports, weather, stock quotes, text reading, and ICQ status reporting.
ByteCool Software Inc. - http://www.bytecool.com/
CoolSpeech is a text-to-speech player for Windows, listen to online news, emails,
local text documents, typing, tell the time and date, convert text into wav files.
Sayz Me - http://www.datafurnace.net.au/sayzme/
An open-source text-to-speech application for Windows. Uses Microsoft speech API.
MS Agent Characters and Software - http://www.e-clips.com.au
Microsoft Agent based command and control uses voice to browse the web,
receive email, schedule appointments and participate in chat groups.
Expressivo Text Reader - http://www.expressivo.com/
Text to speech reader. Free download, on-line demo, news, and pricing information.
PowerTalk - automatic presentation narrator - http://fullmeasure.co.uk/PowerTalk/
Free Open Source Windows program that automatically speaks the text on any
PowerPoint presentation. Uses the standard SAPI speech synthesis software that comes with XP.
2nd Speech Center - http://www.2ndspeechcenter.com
Multilingual Desktop Reader, converts to mp3. Trial version downloadable.
Digital Future Software - http://www.digitalfuturesoft.com/
Text reader with e-mail and web-page interface. Uses AT&T natural voices or neospeech TTS.
Alive Text to Speech - http://www.text-speech.com
Desktop Reader, converts to MP3, WAV, OGG or VOX files from
AliveMedia. Trial version downloadable.
Cool Conversations - http://www.coolconversations.com
Desktop Web Reader based on MS-Speech API, coupled with speech recognition.
TextSpeech Pro - http://www.textspeechpro.com/
Desktop Reader specialized on reading MS-Word or PDF documents.
Based on MS Speech API.
Smart Butler - http://smart-butler.com/
Add-on for instant messenger programs that enables users to listen to
incoming messages without reading them.
VoxWorx - http://www.voxworx.com/
Site provides a way to capture the text of any other arbitrary site URL
and read it to you via RealAudio technology.
Internet2Ear - http://www.i2ear.com/
Desktop Email/Web/News Reader ("personal voiceportal"),
works with wireless audio-player. Trial version downloadable.
Niurosoft - http://www.niurosoft.com
Yet another Desktop reader. Mp3 generation possible, free trial version downloadable.
Audio Bookmaker - http://www.audiobookmaker.com
Converts texts using different human voices, saving speech to
WAV or MP3 files. Speaking clock and other text-to-speech utilities.
Text to MP3 Speaker - http://www.text-mp3.com
Desktop Reader with mp3-converter based on MS-Voices by
YeoSoft. Shareware downloadable.
Speak Clipboard - http://www.speaktools.com/
Speak Clipboard is free voice reader for Windows XP. It can read out loud
the content of your clipboard in plain English by using text to speech technology.
Free text reader - http://www.free-text-reader.com
Text reader with ability to store as mp3 files. Free trial version available.
TxReader - http://www.txreader.com
Reads Webpages, Emails and PDF-documents via SAPI5.
Reading Machine - http://www.ultimatereadingmachine.com
Reads text aloud using text-to-speech, converts text into mp3/wave files for use
with any cd player or MP3 player. Extracts text from one web page or whole
web sites. Text is automatically organized into books and chapters for later use.
Gives control over the voice, and the ability to clean up text automatically.
The Reader - http://www.thereader.com.ar/
Multilingual text reader using Microsoft Agent and Lernout and Hauspie core
components. Download software from site. Demo available.
Home Page Reader
from IBM No online demo available
Speech Technology
Speech Technology Magazine - http://www.speechtek.com/
Online edition of the magazine, plus information on an annual 'SpeechTEK'
speech technology business exposition.
IMSI Software - http://www.imsisoft.com
IMSI Utilities Group licenses IBM ViaVoice technology to produce their own
line of "VoiceDirect" dictation software.
Speak Freely for Windows - http://www.speakfreely.org/
A free Internet "phone" program for talking to someone PC-to-PC over a network,
i.e., a voice chat program. No banner ads. Features encryption hooks,
"answering machine," text chat, cross platform versions for Unix/Linux.
Optional facility for a buddy addressing server to list who else is on-line similar
to the "commercial" instant messaging programs. Integrates with ICQ.
Good voice quality. Optional C++ source code (free) for those interested in
learning about with Internet speech protocols.
Philips Speech Processing - http://www.speech.philips.com/
Worldwide provider of speech recognition solutions for telephony, voice portals,
automotive and consumer embedded systems, medical and legal dictation with
multi-lingual capabilities. SDK's available for inclusion of speech recognition in business systems.
Voxware - http://www.voxware.com
Provides voice-based technology that enables warehouse workers to achieve
higher levels of productivity and accuracy while reducing operational costs.
PGPfone - http://web.mit.edu/network/pgpfone/
Pretty Good Privacy internet phone allows encrypted talking over a network.
MAC and PC versions available.
Excellence in Embedded Speech - http://www.svox.com/
Provides text-to-speech based speech output solutions for the automotive and
mobile industries. Product and services information, technology overview,
and news and events.
Speech Recognition News and Studies - http://www.tmaa.com
TMA Associates publishes Speech Recognition Update, an industry newsletter on
the business, products, markets, and companies in speech recognition,
text-to-speech, and speaker verification. The site contains headlines and recent news,
as well as descriptions of TMA conferences and market studies in speech recognition.
Terakeet - http://www.terakeet.net/
Speech recognition application experts specializing in development and deployment
of speech recognition systems primarily in call centers.
Parus Interactive - http://www.parusinteractive.com/
Speech-enabled customer care solutions. Products, solutions and services,
and company information.
Language and Computing - http://www.landcglobal.com/
Provides natural language processing solutions to companies and organizations
active in the fields of healthcare, life sciences, and knowledge management.
Development center, product listing, demos, new and events, and grant information.
Grover Industries, Inc. - http://www.groverind.com
Provides command and control applications for internet and desktop contexts.
Conversay - http://www.conversay.com/
Computational Computing Corp. sells application specific speech enabled
products including voice responsive browsers, office messaging system,
speech SDK's for mobile devices, telephony speech servers.
Disaggregate Consulting - http://www.disaggregate.com/
Consulting services for speech technology: architecture, technical advice,
software development, and education. Technology information, services, books, and publications.
Aurix Speech Analytics and Phonetic Audio Mining Software - http://www.aurix.com
Provides speech analytics and audio mining solutions that can be tailored to
the media/broadcast, financial, security and call center markets.
Company overview, market sectors, information on products/services.
Speech Technology Center - http://www.speechpro.com
Russian organization providing unusual variety of speech processing
products and services for research and development, speech recognition,
voice verification, speaker identification, noise reduction in speech signals,
noise cancellation, forensic examination, audio analysis, logging and
communication channel protection.
Mobilethink - http://www.mobilethink.dk
Danish startup specializing in developing mobile phone speech solutions
that are integrated with Internet information systems.
SpeechCycle - http://www.speechcycle.com/
Provides call center automation technology to resolve technical support
problems over the telephone. Implements natural language speech recognition.
News, products, technology, customers, and a weblog.
G2 Speech - http://www.g2speech.com
Provider of customised speech recognition and digital dictation systems for
the medical and legal sectors. Has operations in Holland and the UK.
GritTec Laboratory - http://www.grittec.com/
Research and development of the unique algorithms in the field of DSP,
speech and audio processing. Research focused on speaker identification (voice biometric),
speech enhancement (noise cancellation), speech concealment (PLC), speech recognition, and speech synthesis (audio effects).
Talking Desktop - http://www.talkingdesktop.com
Speech recognition, text-to-speech software transforms a Windows computer into a
conversational desktop companion. Provides dictation, web navigation, voice email,
web cams, on-line news, weather maps, stock ticker, X10 home automation,
MP3 music player, 3D avatar, disabilities features. Project in progress.
Speech Recognition for In-car Use - http://www.voice-recognition.de/english/start_engl.html
Germany based Böhme Datentechnik deals in hands-free systems having echo
and noise cancellation features.
VoiceWizard - http://www.voicewizard.com
Site addressing typical questions executives might have about speech
recognition for offices and companies. Contains product reviews, installation guidelines,
provocative analysis of the industry for people who would rather use voice technology instead of typing.
Voice Technologies - http://www.voicetechnologies.co.uk/
Provider of speech recognition, digital dictation and workflow management solutions.
Offers news, client information, products and services, and voice technology.
Open Source Speech Recognition System - http://fife.speech.cs.cmu.edu/sphinx/
Carnegie Mellon Sphinx project. Real-time continuous speech recognition system.
Downloadable source for Linux/Unix and Windows NT or later.
Hand Held - http://www.handheldspeech.com
Site sells a large-vocabulary continuous speech recognizer that runs on a PDA.
Current offering (free beta download) is a voice enabled address book for
Win 95, Win 98, Win NT, Win CE, Pocket PC.
MRecord - http://www.mrecord.com/
Provides voice recognition and medical transcription services and solutions
to health care centers, medical offices, and doctors. Products and services,
news, partners, and client login.
GyrusLogic, Inc. - http://www.GyrusLogic.com/
Provides solutions in automating conversational dialog and natural language understanding
applications either in voice and/or text. References, partners, and news.
ASR Gooyesh Pardaz Co. - http://www.asr-gooyesh.com
Develops speech processing and speech recognition systems. News, products, partners,
research and development and support information.
nFlow Digital Dictation Software - http://www.nflow.com/
Supplier of digital dictation software for legal and accountancy. News, listing of
partners, and customer information.
Voice Technology in Warehouse Management - http://www.voicepicking.com/
Guide to the use of speech technology in warehouse management systems.
FAQs, white papers and articles.
vozZup - http://vozZup.com/
Provides solutions for modern self-service applications. Expertise covers all
aspects of speech recognition systems, ranging from voice user Interface
design, to VoiceXML applications built on modern application frameworks.
News and listing of current projects.
Guardian Business Solutions, Inc. - http://www.gbsvoice.com
Warehouse applications using voice, wireless, and wearable technologies to
provide automation and productivity solutions for warehouse management,
distribution, and manufacturing systems. Partnered with Syvox.
Breveon - http://www.breveon.com/
Develops and markets medical speech-recognition tools for healthcare professionals
to use in dictation, transcription, and clinical data management. Product information,
services, news, and support information.
Speech FX - http://software.accettura.com/products/speechfx/
An ongoing speech recognition project for the Apple Macintosh, currently
concentrating on enhancing command and control.
Warehouse Management Voice Technology Solutions -
http://www.bcpsoftware.com/solutions/voice/
BCP's Accord warehouse management system uses speech technology
to provide voice directed picking, goods receiving, pallet movements,
and stock checking. Fully integrated voice software enables real-time
interaction with the system.
Natspeak Information Pages - http://www.naturalspeak.com
An unusual compendium of insider knowledge about
Dragon Systems NaturallySpeaking speech recognition products.
Downloadable utilities, tips for improved usage as well as a detailed,
programmer oriented explanation of techniques for adding extended macro
capabilities using Python code and custom grammar files. Generally oriented
towards versions 4.0 and lower but still insightful for later versions.
Hosted by Synapse Adaptive, provider of a wide range of assistive technologies.
SpeechStorm - http://www.speechstorm.com
Provider of hosted speech recognition applications. Press releases, partners,
and delivery options.
Natural Language Recognition - http://www.freewebs.com/simplis/
Simplis, Inc, provides a Java based "natural language" speech recognition interface
designed to simplify access to existing programs and web applications.
Rubidium Ltd. - http://www.rubidium.com/
Supplies speech processing chips and solution for resource constrained consumer
applications, including speech recognition, text-to-speech (TTS), biometric
speaker verification, speech compression and speech detection. News and events,
technology information, and downloads.
Agilingua, LLC. - http://www.agilingua.com/
Provides an integrated Software Development Kit (SDK) for the development
of spoken dialogue system that supports the entire development process.
Products, solutions, services, developer information, and support.
Verbatim Careers Institute - http://www.verbatiminstitute.com/
Offers training for new careers made possible by advances in speech recognition
technology.
HighBridge Communications - http://www.high-bridge.com
Provides speech recognition solutions to small and medium-sized companies.
Offers technology overview.
VoVision LLC - http://www.vovision.com/
Hosted software solutions for phone, IP phone and voicemail transcription and
dictation. Product and reseller information, and press releases.
Vox Generation - http://www.voxgeneration.co.uk/
Provider of speech enabled solutions and speech enabled interfaces to business
applications for use in enterprises in the public and private sector.
Company profile, customer listing, online demos, and news.
Speechworkers - http://www.speechworkers.com
Provides Arabic and English speech enabled solutions for telecom operators
nd service providers, text to speech and speech recognition applications and solutions.
Technology overview, news and press releases, and partner programs.
CatchWord Language and Speech Technologies - http://www.catchwordlst.co.za
Develops multi-lingual voice portals. Products include speech recognition, audio-mining
and speech corpora in South African languages. Services, product information,
and employee profiles.
Voicebrook - http://www.voicebrook.com/
Implements speech technology solutions for healthcare enterprises.
Offers description of products and services, support information, and employment opportunities.
Dialogue Machine - http://www.dialoguemachine.com/
Develops and hosts speech recognition applications. Provides hosting fee
rather than up front cost.
PiLfIuS - http://www.pilfius.com.ar/
Free speech recognition command and control application mainly targeted at
computer game players. Community forum, downloads, and command listing.
GameVox - http://www.gogamevox.com
Offers a voice command software utility for gamers.
HAL Hits the Home - http://www.automatedliving.com/
Voice recognition software (with product names HAL2000) for Windows 95/98
that supports air conditioning, telephony, infrared, Internet, X-10 and security -
for use in home systems. Site gives audio examples of the interactions possible.
Sautrela Project - http://www.sautrela.es/
Modular and pluggable open source framework focused on speech recognition.
Obtain software, documentation, and license information.
IBM Software - Speech Recognition - http://www.software.ibm.com/speech/
Big Blue's ViaVoice offerings in the desktop continuous speech dictation arena.
Competes with Dragon Systems. Has mobile dictation and telephony products as well.
Has continuous speech recognition for the Apple Macintosh.
Game Commander - http://www.gamecommander.com
Speaker independent (no training required) voice control software for Windows
games replaces keystrokes with voice commands for popular games.
Template files, patches, message boards, downloads, free trial version.
Artificial Intelligence Desktop Agents
UMBC Agent Web - http://agents.umbc.edu/
A collection of web pages on intelligent software agents, knowbots, KQML, SATP,
active information integration and agent-oriented systems
BotSpot - http://www.botspot.com/
Resource for agent and bot programming.
About.com Artificial Intelligence Guide - http://ai.about.com/
Examine the history, uses and consequences of AI. Beginners can learn the basics
here while researchers can access technical resources. Formerly known as the Mining Co. AI Guide.
9164 Links on OO / Mobile Agents - http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_mobile_agents.html
A mobile agent metasite with pointers to tutorials, FAQs, mailing lists, link collections,
articles, books, resources, software and libraries.
JACK - http://www.agent-software.com/
An intelligent agent development platform. It provides a Java based programming
environment using the BDI (Belief, Desire, Intention) agent model.
Eager - http://www.acypher.com/Eager/
An intelligent agent that assists users in performing repetitive tasks.
Base Technology - http://basetechnology.com
Personal page of Jack Krupansky. Resume, software agent technology related articles.
Eliza's Brain - http://elizabrain.massyn.net/
A Perl based framework to develop your own chatterbot, that can run on any platform.
Included is IRC and CGI modules.
Whiskeyclone - http://whiskeyclone.sourceforge.net/
A bot for Battle.net systems programmed in C for Windows and Linux.
