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I need the best program that will convert my documents from text to speech. It must sound like a real voice, as this is for my business. Voices need to be in male and female languages. I need English (American and British; Spanish; Chinese (especially Mandarin and Cantonese); Japanese; French; German; Italian; Hebrew; Swedish; Polish etc.

Mike
2013-07-19 02:39:19
You can try Panopreter Plus ( http://www.panopreter.com ) , It reads any text out with natural-sounding voices and convert the text into mp3, a lot of languages are supported, and it's simple to use.
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Kelli Orrela
2013-05-02 08:57:01
Try SoundGecko (http://soundgecko.com/) or, if you use Google Chrome, the extension Select and Speak (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/select-and-speak/gfjopfpjmkcfgjpogepmdjmcnihfpokn?hl=en).
Louis Wang
2013-04-15 04:31:17
IVONA Voice sounds really natural and nice, but unfortunately it doesn't have some of the languages you need...
Oron Joffe
2013-04-14 19:53:36
Mark, I don't know what your application is, but no fully-automated system sounds even remotely natural. Systems such as phone services ("press 1 to speak to an adviser" etc) actually used recorded words and phrases, which are usually customised for each customer. There are many such systems and they cater for all sorts of different markets (directing customer inquiries to the right person, help desk systems, library automation systems...) but the quality of speech in them is largely dependent on the care and attention of the solution provider (the person/company who tailors is to your needs) rather than on the software itself.
Phantomx
2013-04-14 16:31:52
Speech to text or text to speech? Your title does not match your agenda.Text to Speech Software with AT&T Natural Voices™ available at Nextup.com it handles 20 languages.
Tina Sieber
2013-04-26 09:48:30
Oops, that was my mistake. He meant speech to text, that's what he said and how I tagged the post, and then I messed up the title. My bad!
ha14
2013-04-14 16:17:00
there should be some free trials, best to use them before any purchase decisionTextAloud Text to Speech http://www.nextup.com/index.htmlhttp://sites.fastspring.com/nextup/product/realspeak?store=parametersDragonhttp://www.nuance.com/for-individuals/by-product/dragon-for-pc/index.htmVoiceTexthttp://www.neospeech.com/tts-engine.aspx