Narrator 2.1.0 - Text-to-speech utility. (Demo)
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Narrator 2.1.0
Narrator...Using rich voices provided within the Mac OS X system, Narrator supplies controls that allow the user to choose a voice actoradjusting the speed and pitch of the actors voice as well as inflection and volumewhen reading the user added content. A dictionary preference allows substitution of words or phrases and to fine
tune pronunciation. In addition, the user has the ability to add more voice characters available from Cepstral, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based company that provides speech technologies and who has partnered with Mariner for this product.
Other features of Narrator 2.1 include:
- Exporting to iTunes, complete with track attributes including lyrics, allowing the listener to hear stories on an iPod, iPhone or iPad
- Listening to your own texts like audiobooks
- Supporting Multiple voice characters and multiple chapters in a single document
- Exporting AAC sound files
- Fine
- tuning pronunciation and adding macros through the user defined dictionary
- Adding more speech synthesis voices
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.1.0:
- Narrator was acquired by Mariner Software from Dejal Systems.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
PRICE
Free
DEVELOPER
DOWNLOADS
83
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