This seemed different enough to be split off into its own thread, versus being in the speedreading thread. But basically it's to use 'found time' as JBP has called it, in order to consume more content, in this case in audio format. I searched the forum for text-to-speech and got some old results that didn't seem relevant.
Basically, I want to convert some of the longer SOTT articles into audio files that I can listen to either during my commute, or during breakfast and dinner and cleanup thereafter. I get about an hour during breakfast and dinner that I can devote to a podcast or article.
The most popular free TTS software seems to be one called Balabolka: Balabolka . I ran their zip files through virustotal and the portable one came up with 1/70 for detections, so I'm thinking that's a false positive? Anyone have any experience with this software?
Another old one that is discontinued is called Speakonia: Download Speakonia 1.0.3.6 . You have to register it to export to audio, but CNET has given the key because it's discontinued (I don't like downloading from CNET because of bloatware):
There were two other apps, but they had three and one positive hits on virustotal so I have excluded them. These are the free ones, so I'm sure there are paid options that are better. These apps just use the default Microsoft voices on your PC. Any thoughts or experiences appreciated. Thanks.
Basically, I want to convert some of the longer SOTT articles into audio files that I can listen to either during my commute, or during breakfast and dinner and cleanup thereafter. I get about an hour during breakfast and dinner that I can devote to a podcast or article.
The most popular free TTS software seems to be one called Balabolka: Balabolka . I ran their zip files through virustotal and the portable one came up with 1/70 for detections, so I'm thinking that's a false positive? Anyone have any experience with this software?
Another old one that is discontinued is called Speakonia: Download Speakonia 1.0.3.6 . You have to register it to export to audio, but CNET has given the key because it's discontinued (I don't like downloading from CNET because of bloatware):
There were two other apps, but they had three and one positive hits on virustotal so I have excluded them. These are the free ones, so I'm sure there are paid options that are better. These apps just use the default Microsoft voices on your PC. Any thoughts or experiences appreciated. Thanks.