NextUp TextAloud 4 is a program for reading texts, letters, web pages and documents that you would like to hear. Sound for further listening can be saved in WAV, MP3 or WMA formats. Reads not only in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, but also in Russian – in a female and male voice.

You will be surprised by the quality of the voice and its intonation. Reads from the clipboard, text file, Word documents, PDF, HTML and integrates into IE, Firefox and Outlook. Now you can read mail, books, large documents, news, etc. without interrupting your main business and without putting on your glasses. The program allows the installation of additional synthesized voice engines for a variety of languages ​​and accents.

Naturally readable text you can save in audio formats, such as MP3 and WAV. Please note that you can adjust the timbre of the text being played, this is necessary to make the voice sound more believable. TextAloud is quite an interesting program that works quite well overall, there are of course many settings, I think you can figure out the main ones.

The developers write that the program is convenient to use when you are busy, for example, playing sports, running development, receiving mail, you can, for example, read the news out loud on specialized sites, it is not necessary to sit near the computer all the time now. TextAloud easily converts text into audio format, you can choose the quality parameters yourself, you can also choose voice engines, one of them is already on the site, it is called Alena, you can use your favorites.

What you can do with this program:

  • Sit back and relax while the program reads the text to you
  • Save the text in MP3 format for later listening on portable audio devices
  • Listen to a lecture about something while you are in the gym, store, etc.
  • Helps those who are unable to read the text due to disability or temporary circumstances to read it
  • Create messages for your answering machine
  • Reduce eye strain from too much reading
  • Listen to the text while you do something else
  • Listen to e-books while you are busy
  • Learn foreign languages ​​(in terms of grammar or vocabulary, not phonetics)
  • The program greatly helps people with impaired vision
  • Add your notes to PowerPoint presentations