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Category: Text to Speech
Industries: Software Development
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Category: Text to Speech
Industries: IT Solutions
Free
Speechify is the #1 audio reader in the world. Get through books, docs, articles, PDFs, email – anything
you read – faster.
“Speechify is absolutely brilliant. Growing up with dyslexia this would have made a big difference. I’m so glad to have it today.“
Sir Richard Branson
is freely and open source (GPL2) Supports Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Word, Excel and Outlook Express, and Mozilla Thunderbird. NVDA supports web content using JavaScript. For students testing the screenreaders, NVDA was considered to be the second best screen reader in terms of capability for Windows and a great selling point is its price-free. In testing, some students preferred NVDA while some preferred JAWS. Interestingly enough, NVDA was able to read some web content that JAWS did not but the reverse was sometimes true as well.
- George Thompson
I have done my best to outline the major differences between NVDA on Windows and VoiceOver on the Mac. While both products are good, I personally lean in favor of NVDA. Microsoft Windows is by far the most popular system in the world, and NVDA is a great tool in the toolbox. Its open source nature is a major plus and means the innovation and ability to keep up with the ever increasing changes in Windows is almost certain. In contrast, Apple’s neglect has turned me personally away from the Mac. I do not recommend people invest in Macs anymore either, as it has been clear for many years that Apple’s focus is on iOS. While it’s sad these events have transpired, we must never forget or disrespect the work Apple has done. Apple is a pioneer in the realm of mainstream accessibility, and now everyone else including Microsoft is trying to catch up. This is a very good thing as it pushes the entire industry forward and ultimately means access for blind users is only getting better and better as the years march on.
- iPhoneGeeks
NVDA was much easier to get up and running, and I can keep it on a USB drive so that if I have to use it, then I can just pull it out and have it work.
- Blee Blat
It is broken and has been for a while. It seems to stop in the middle or at the end of long paragraphs as though there is some sort of character limit. It seems this might be a problem with Chrome's TTS api though since other TTS extensions seem to be having the same problem. It also will skip paragraphs when using the forward or back buttons. Seems the developer might have given up on this project. Which is sad since this was one of my favorite Chrome extensions.
- Alex Richman
Stops in the middle of the first paragraph. Otherwise its great!
- A_LUKE1 Art&Games
won't read more than a few lines.
- Brian Thomas
| Pros |
|---|
| Free and open-source |
| Lightweight yet packs a lot of useful features |
| Ability to use add ons that adds extra features or improves the accessibility of certain apps |
| Supports multiple synthesizers including Microsoft Speech API, Eloquence, and Vocalizer |
| Supports reading and interacting with math contents such as MathType in Microsoft Office applications like Word (requires Math Player to work) |
| Braille display support |
| Cons |
|---|
| Math Player is required to read and interact with math content as of this writing |
| NVDA can sometimes behave oddly, but usually, there are workarounds such as restarting NVDA or Windows |
| Both Eloquence and Vocalizer synthesizers cost money, but usually not very expensive (2,000-4,000 Thai baht for the main synthesizer drivers, but any additional voices for that synthesizer are free) |
| Pros |
|---|
| Reads SMS, MMS, Gmail, Gtalk, K-9 Mail, Plume (formerly Touiteur) and Twidroyd too |
| - mute gesture |
| - very customizable |
| - Text-To-Speech, TTS |
| Cons |
|---|
| Stops reading at half way |
| Vocabulary or rather speech is terribly limited |
| Unable to read a common word like ‘app’ instead willl spell it out |
Speechify is one of the most popular audio tools in the world. Our Google Chrome extension, web app, iOS app, and Android app help anyone listen to content at any speed they want. You can also listen to content in over 30 different voices or languages.
How can Speechify turn anything into an audiobook?
Speechify provides anyone with an audio play button that they can add on top of their content to turn it into an audiobook. With the Speechify app on iOS and Android, anyone can take this information on the go.
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