Re: Looking for Text to Wav converter:

de Franklin 04/10/2006 02:49

On 10 Apr 2006, SamF.<RuralLetter@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> I have been experimenting with four applications that will
> convert text to a wav file.
>
> 1)Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader: The free download. This has
> converted about 30 minutes of text to a wav file. The quality is
> acceptable but 30 minutes is not enough. It will convert in
> under 5 minutes.
> 2)Text Recorder: This will also convert much faster than reading
> the text. I believe that the sound is somewhat choppy.
> 3)Speakonia: I feel that the quality is fine with this program
> however, it does not convert as rapidly as the other programs.
> 4)TextSound: shareware: I don't believe that the quality is as
> good as speakonia. TextSound will convert text to sound rapidly.
> I think the quality is better than Text Recorder. This program
> has the ability to convert batches of text files.
>
> I am hoping to find more free ware applications that will
> convert text to wav files.
>

What about the other way around?

Are there any decent freeware programs which can take a WAV file
of some speech and convert that into text?