Complete Shortcut Key List:
| CTRL+O Open Text |
CTRL+F Find |
Del Delete Selection |
| CTRL+S Save Text |
CTRL+H Replace |
CTRL+B Bold |
| CTRL+Q Quit the Program |
CTRL+Z Undo Last |
CTRL+I Italic |
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CTRL+Y Redo Last |
CTRL+U Underline |
F2 Speak
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CTRL+A Select All |
CTRL+T Bullet |
| F3 Pause |
CTRL+X Cut |
CTRL+L Align Left |
| F4 Stop |
CTRL+C Copy |
CTRL+E Center |
| CTRL+G Convert |
CTRL+V Paste |
CTRL+R Align Right |
Global Toolbar (from left to right):
| Open |
Get a text/rtf/eml/html/doc/pdf file to speak. You may also copy or type into the Text Viewer directly. |
Audio |
Make text to audio conversion for the current text selection with current voice control settings. |
| Buy/Voices |
For Demo it's Buy button, leads to online purchase page. For registered version, it's Voices button, for quick visit to free voices and commerical voices. |
| Help |
Get to this help page for operation instruction. |
| About |
Check the current version number and register status. |
Quit |
Close the program. |
Voice Controls:
| Play |
Start to speak the text from the cursor position. |
| Pause |
Pause / Resume speaking. |
| Stop |
Stop speaking. |
Voice |
Select a speaking voice. Both SAPI 5 and SAPI 4 voices are listed together. |
| Format |
Select WAV, MP3, WMA or OGG as your output audio format. |
| Quality |
Select an audio quality from the dropdown list. |
Volume |
Drag the slider down to increase the volume; up to decrease. |
Speed |
Drag the slider down to quicken the speaking; up to slow. |
| Pitch |
Drag the slider down to higher the pitch; up to lower. |
| Reset |
Reset all settings of Voice, Format, Quality, Volume, Speed and Pitch to Default. |
Text/Email/Web Switch :
Plain Tab |
Click this Tab to load a text/rtf file or input text directly into the Text Editor. To speak, select any part of text or just place the cursor where you want to start. Then click Speak. |
Email Tab |
Click this Tab to load EML files saved from your Outlook Express. To speak, highlight the text you want to speak. Then click Speak.
Note: this feature requires that Internet Explorer is installed. |
Web Tab |
Click this Tab to read the Internet by entering URL (with http://) and pressing Enter or click Open to load a html file. To speak, highlight the text you want to speak. Then click Speak.
Note: this feature requires that Internet Explorer is installed.
You may also read Word or PDF files by clicking Open to load a doc or pdf file in this tab. To speak, highlight the text you want to speak and press CTRL+C (important step) . Then click Speak.
Note: this feature requires that Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed. |
Audio Info feature enables you to add some notes about this conversion, such as Title, Year, Author. This info tag can be read by your media application like Winamp. |
1. Tags for Enhancement
To insert silence, add tag like this: <SILENCE MSEC="3000"/> (here "3000" is the silence duration in mili-seconds which you can change).
To pronounce a word letter by letter, wrap the word with the following tags: <SPELL>word</SPELL>
To pronounce a word with emphasis, wrap the word with the following tags: <EMPH>word</EMPH>
2. Custom Pronunciation
To define custom pronunciation for a specific word, please insert xml tags into text like this:
<pron sym="h eh 1 l ow & w er 1 l d ">Hello World</pron>
Note: spaces before and after "&" are required.
Below is a full list of all phonetic symbols for transcripting pronunciation.
| Phoneme Symbol |
Example |
Transcription |
| aa |
Bob |
b aa b 1 |
| ae |
bat |
b ae t 1 |
| ah |
but |
b ah t 1 |
| ao |
bought |
b ao t 1 |
| aw |
down |
d aw n 1 |
| ax |
about |
ax 0 b aw t 1 |
| ay |
bite |
b ay t 1 |
| b |
bet |
b eh t 1 |
| ch |
church |
ch er ch 1 |
| d |
dig |
d ih g |
| dh |
that |
dh ae t 1 |
| eh |
bet |
b eh t 1 |
| er |
bird |
b er d 1 |
| ey |
bait |
b ey t 1 |
| f |
fog |
f ao g 1 |
| g |
got |
g aa t 1 |
| h |
hot |
h aa t 1 |
| ih |
bit |
b ih t 1 |
| iy |
beat |
b iy t 1 |
| jh |
jump |
jh ah m p 1 |
| k |
cat |
k ae t 1 |
| l |
lot |
l aa t 1 |
| m |
Mom |
m aa m 1 |
| n |
nod |
n aa d 1 |
| ng |
sing |
s ih ng 1 |
| ow |
boat |
b ow t 1 |
| oy |
boy |
b oy 1 |
| p |
pot |
p aa t 1 |
| r |
rat |
r ae t 1 |
| s |
sit |
s ih t 1 |
| sh |
shut |
sh ah t 1 |
| t |
top |
t aa p 1 |
| th |
thick |
th ih k 1 |
| uh |
book |
b uh k 1 |
| uw |
boot |
b uw t 1 |
| v |
vat |
v ae t 1 |
| w |
won |
w ah n 1 |
| y |
you |
y uw 1 |
| z |
zoo |
z uw 1 |
| zh |
measure |
m eh 1 zh er 0 |
Other Symbols
| 1 |
Primary stress |
- (hyphen) |
Syllable boundary |
| 2 |
Secondary stress |
& |
Word boundary (Note: spaces before and after "&" are required) |
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