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I want to listen instead of reading some e-books I downloaded (unprotected PDFs, that means that the text is machine readable without OCR). I don't know how to make Windows Narrator to do this or if I need some other software.
Jader Dias
Posted 2009-09-20T18:36:45.320
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Have you checked NaturalReader.
nik
Posted 2009-09-20T18:36:45.320
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1nice find, ty +1 – None – 2009-09-20T18:55:45.687
Tried it, but didn't like it =( It integrates with any application that allows text selection, including Foxit, but the narration is less natural than Windows Narrator. – Jader Dias – 2009-09-21T22:40:56.657
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CoolReader 2 is my TTS (Read Aloud) software of choice, CR2 also converts text to mp3.
doesn't work with PDF though, you may use Calibre to convert the PDF to TXT/RTF
CoolReader 2 is free and portable.
Calibre is free.
while Windows Narrator Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar command works in Notepad, it doesn't work in my PDF Reader (Foxit) – Jader Dias – 2009-09-20T18:41:40.303
I think that Windows Narrator works only with Notepad, Wordpad and few other products – Jader Dias – 2009-09-21T22:39:08.983
I see this is from 2009. Foxit now supports text-to-speech. I'm using it now. – Chloe – 2013-04-28T00:20:15.213