Sound - Misc. Sound Tools

SayPad v.1.0

SayPad, the freeware talking text editor can read you a good book or help you write one, using SAPI 5.1 Text To Speech (included). It can convert Text to MP3 for a whole book in one run, splitting off chapters into well named MP3 files. You can fit huge files into it like the whole Bible for instance, (In fact it has a filter you can turn on that skips over verse numbers to let you hear it like a story.)

CDAID 3.20

CD Audio Information Downloader (CDAID) lets you obtain CD information (i.e. artist, song title, etc.) from freedb over the Internet. No more guessing what the title of song 4 is or trying to remember the name of the CD in your tray. As a special feature you can export your CD collection to a XML or text file.

NeoAudio v.1.7

NeoAudio is a free program that rips CD audio to WAV, MP3, OGG Vorbis, or WMA directly. NeoAudio also encodes and decodes MP3s, OGGs, WMAs, and more. Remote and local CDDB and ID3v2 file naming is supported during extraction for automatic track naming. Many advanced features are supported in an easy to use interface for beginners and expert users alike.

Sayz Me v.0.51

Sayz Me is a text-to-speech application for Windows. Text can be typed in or read from clipboard. Words are highlighted when spoken. Select voice, adjust reading speed, voice pitch, font and color. Hides in system tray. Simple and easy to use. Freeware. BSD style license.