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Comparison of Free Text to Speech Programs: WordTalk, NaturalReader, and ReadPlease
Created by the Loudoun County Public Schools AT Team
|WordTalk |NaturalReader |ReadPlease |
|.uk | | |
|Text to speech for MS Word documents only |Text to speech for Word documents, PDFs, |Reads text in ReadPlease window that is copied|
| |PowerPoint slides, Internet, email |and pasted from any source |
|Toolbar docks onto Word toolbar under the |Choice of floating toolbar (Minboard) or copy|ReadPlease window, can be resized |
|Add-Ins tab |and paste text into Main Window | |
| |Can minimize to system tray |Can minimize to system tray; can be set to run|
| | |automatically when Windows opens |
| |Text in Main Window can be saved as .rtf or |Text can be saved as a .txt file or a |
| |.txt files. |ReadPlease file (.rpps or .rpnp) |
| |Can open saved . txt files from Main Window | |
|Click icons on toolbar or use keyboard |Click icons on toolbar or window to speak, or|Click icons on window to speak |
|shortcuts to speak; can configure to speak |use keyboard shortcuts. | |
|word on double-click. | | |
|Choose to speak by word, sentence, or |Text in Main Window is read from the cursor |Reads text from the beginning, or can select |
|paragraph |location to the end of the text, or text that|specific text to be read by highlighting with |
| |is selected by highlighting with mouse. When |mouse |
| |using Minboard, must select text to be read. | |
|Choice of voices; can change speed |Choice of voices; can change speed |Choice of voices; can change speed |
|Can change color of highlighted text |Text is highlighted only when in Main Window.|Can change color of highlighted text (has |
|(foreground and background) |Highlighted text has blue foreground and |foreground but no background highlighting) |
| |yellow background. | |
| |Can change font size, style, color |Can change font color, size, style and |
| | |background color; has low vision settings |
|Talking spell check and talking synonyms; can| | |
|configure to right click to access talking | | |
|spell check | | |
|Speak as I type feature: Echo letters, words,| | |
|or sentences | | |
|Converts text to MP3 or wave audio file | | |
| |Find and replace feature |Find and replace feature |
| |Help menu |Help menu |
| |Zoom feature | |
WordTalk docked toolbar (in MS Word)
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NaturalReader Minboard (floating toolbar)
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NaturalReader Main Window
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ReadPlease Window
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