ReadPlease Alternatives
ReadPlease is described as '2003 is a text-to-speech application designed to give your computer a human-sounding voice so it can read arbitrary text to you, from Web pages, e-mail, or the Clipboard' and is a Text to Speech service. There are more than 10 alternatives to ReadPlease for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Online / Web-based, Android and Linux. The best alternative is NaturalReader. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Simple TTS Reader or eSpeak. Other great apps like ReadPlease are TextAloud, ReadSpeaker, DSpeech and GhostReader.
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Google Chrome
Natural Reader is a professional text to speech program that converts any written text into spoken words. The paid versions of Natural Reader have many more features.
NextUp.com develops Windows text to speech (TTS) software applications like TextAloud that let your computer talk with AT&T Natural Voices. TextAloud can also be in Microsoft Word as a plug-in.
Simple TTS Reader is a small clipboard reader. Simply copy any text, and it will be read aloud. You can choose any installed speech engine, e.g. Microsoft Anna. This text-to-speech utility can also be minimized to tray.
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.2, released in October 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
eSpeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer for English and other languages, for Linux and Windows.
Online Text to Speech by ReadSpeaker. Speech-enable web sites, mobile apps, online documents and forms so that your visitors can listen to your content.
DSpeech is a TTS (Text To Speech) program with functionality of ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) integrated. It is able to to read aloud the written text and choose the sentences to be pronounced upon the vocal answers of the user.
The premier Text-to-Speech solution for the Mac. GhostReader allows you to listen while your Mac does the talking in your language of choice
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CFS-Technologies Speakonia is a FREE Text-To-Speech (TTS) GUI (graphical User-Interface) Program which uses the Microsoft ® Speech Technology.
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated and supported since 2012, but the developer released last version of the software, 1.0.3.5, with a free registration key
Acapela Group, the leading European voice expert leaning upon 25 years of experience, invents text-to- speech solutions to give your content a voice in up to 25 languages.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
Chrome Speak, select the text and right-click to speak with offline tts engine.
