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message 1: by Sean, Thrilling, Fantastic, scientifically fictional moderator (last edited Apr 16, 2012 12:55PM) (new)

Sean Randall (seanrandall) | 6 comments Mod
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 DOC, azw, mobi, EPUB, FB2, HTML, ODT, PDF and RTF files, customize
font and background colour, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys.

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).

Standard Size: 5662 KB  
Version: 2.1.0.489  
Licence: Freeware  
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7  
Languages:
English, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil),
Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
Portable Version: (5421 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's home page is here.


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