Balabolka works with high-quality aftermarket TTS voices, too. The program uses VBScript syntax for spelling and error correction, so it's compatible with most spell-checkers. Balabolka is based on Microsoft's Speech API (SAPI) but with changes designed to improve the clarity and articulation of the artificial speech generated by speech platforms such as the nearly ubiquitous Microsoft Anna (by the way, she's included with Balabolka). 'Balabolka' means 'chatterer' in Russian, and that's where Ilya Morozov's freeware TTS tool takes its name. Fixed the using of Microsoft Translator.ĭownload: Balabolka 2.15.0.790 | 21.7 MB (Freeware)ĭownload: Portable Balabolka 2.15.0.790 | 22.Text-to-speech (TTS) and voice synthesis technology have come a long way since the days of choppy monotones and 'computer speech.' Today's TTS tools can be customized in so many ways that they can be hard to distinguish from natural speech in some applications.Fixed the using of Naver Text-To-Speech.

Added the option 'Show the whole sentence' to the editor of homographs (the tab 'Find in Text').

When an audio file is played with players on a computer or on modern digital audio players, the text is displayed synchronously (at the same way, as lyrics for songs). The rules for the pronunciation correction use the syntax of regular expressions.īalabolka can save the synchronized text in external LRC files or in MP3 tags inside the audio files. This feature is useful when you want to change the spelling of words. The user can apply a special substitution list to improve the quality of the voice's articulation. The program uses various versions of Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) it allows to alter a voice's parameters, including rate and pitch. The program can read the clipboard content, view the text from AZW, AZW3, CHM, DjVu, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, MOBI, ODT, PRC, PDF and RTF files, customize font and background colour, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys. The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4, OGG or WMA file. All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka. Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program.

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