Comments on: Convert PDF + TXT Files To An MP3 Recording http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/ Everything tech - reviews, tips, software, news Fri, 11 May 2012 01:45:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Konstantin http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-13911 Konstantin Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:33:57 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-13911 I'd like to offer you some other text to speech proggy to blog about which can convert text to speech in almost every application in Windows, including Acrobat Reader, Word, your favourite browser, email client, ICQ, etc... Its name is 1st Read It Aloud. I downloaded it here: http://www.qwertystudios.com several month ago and I am really excited of how simple yewt powerfull this proggy is! They also have other text-tos-eech program called speaking Notepad which can record text files of almost any format into wav or mp3. I did not test it, however user rrating of this program on some software archives are someting high. Hope this helps. I’d like to offer you some other text to speech proggy to blog about which can convert text to speech in almost every application in Windows, including Acrobat Reader, Word, your favourite browser, email client, ICQ, etc… Its name is 1st Read It Aloud. I downloaded it here: qwertystudios.com several month ago and I am really excited of how simple yewt powerfull this proggy is! They also have other text-tos-eech program called speaking Notepad which can record text files of almost any format into wav or mp3. I did not test it, however user rrating of this program on some software archives are someting high. Hope this helps.

]]> By: Alex Bailey http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-12406 Alex Bailey Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:15:01 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-12406 [quote comment="12377"]Hello Alex It took some time but I finally got around to removing most of the extra fields from the registration system for www.spokentext.net . It is now modeled after Yahoo's email registration page. You were very right that we were asking for way to much. I also recently added support for email submission of text files, email recording and a blog to www.spokentext.net . Thanks for the honesty DW[/quote] It's still asking for address name etc. I think it'd be awesome if you can just upload files with no registration, and input your email when you upload. When the conversion is done it sends the URL to you via email. If you already registered it stores all the converted files on your server, and lists the ones you can download. Check out <a href="http://zamzar.com/" rel="nofollow">Zamzar</a> for what I mean. They just send the link via email. [quote comment="12377"]Hello Alex

It took some time but I finally got around to removing most of the extra fields from the registration system for spokentext.net . It is now modeled after Yahoo’s email registration page.

You were very right that we were asking for way to much.

I also recently added support for email submission of text files, email recording and a blog to spokentext.net .

Thanks for the honesty

DW[/quote]

It’s still asking for address name etc. I think it’d be awesome if you can just upload files with no registration, and input your email when you upload. When the conversion is done it sends the URL to you via email. If you already registered it stores all the converted files on your server, and lists the ones you can download.

Check out Zamzar for what I mean. They just send the link via email.

]]> By: DW http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-12377 DW Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:50:30 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-12377 Hello Alex It took some time but I finally got around to removing most of the extra fields from the registration system for www.spokentext.net . It is now modeled after Yahoo's email registration page. You were very right that we were asking for way to much. I also recently added support for email submission of text files, email recording and a blog to www.spokentext.net . Thanks for the honesty DW Hello Alex

It took some time but I finally got around to removing most of the extra fields from the registration system for spokentext.net . It is now modeled after Yahoo’s email registration page.

You were very right that we were asking for way to much.

I also recently added support for email submission of text files, email recording and a blog to spokentext.net .

Thanks for the honesty

DW

]]> By: DW http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-5668 DW Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:42:47 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-5668 [quote comment="4705"]I am looking for a French -> French Audio reader to carry out the same tricks. Any hints?[/quote] Using a tool such as Text Aloud and a French voice form Cepstral $30 US (http://www.cepstral.com/downloads/). You should be able to create a system to record French text. You may also be able to use the Swift an application which Cepstral provides for free with their speech engine to feed the text into the Text To Speech system. You would then get a .wav file which could be converted to .mp3 using iTunes. I may add French text to speech processing to SpokenText.net one day, if there is enough demand. DW [quote comment="4705"]I am looking for a French -> French Audio reader to carry out the same tricks. Any hints?[/quote]

Using a tool such as Text Aloud and a French voice form Cepstral $30 US (cepstral.c...downloads/). You should be able to create a system to record French text.

You may also be able to use the Swift an application which Cepstral provides for free with their speech engine to feed the text into the Text To Speech system. You would then get a .wav file which could be converted to .mp3 using iTunes.

I may add French text to speech processing to SpokenText.net one day, if there is enough demand.

DW

]]> By: Alex Bailey http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4721 Alex Bailey Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:20:12 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4721 [quote]The site is not really designed for a one off recording. But more for someone looking to record many files over a longer period of time. The registration is used to provide the ability for people to download their files using a podcast URL, amongst other things. To setup an account takes a few seconds and the account is available immediately. All information gathered in registration will never be sold. And all text uploaded is deleted once the recording is finished being processed. DW[/quote] Can you take off the address and name part then? A simple user/pass/email would do just fine. I really can't think of a reason to collect all that info. I trust it won't be sold, but it's a big turn off. [quote] I am looking for a French -> French Audio reader to carry out the same tricks. Any hints? [/quote] The only thing I could think of is if there was versions of Adobe and Opera in French. That way it would say it in French instead of English. Mp3 My Mp3 would still work fine. [quote]The site is not really designed for a one off recording. But more for someone looking to record many files over a longer period of time.

The registration is used to provide the ability for people to download their files using a podcast URL, amongst other things.

To setup an account takes a few seconds and the account is available immediately.

All information gathered in registration will never be sold. And all text uploaded is deleted once the recording is finished being processed.

DW[/quote]

Can you take off the address and name part then? A simple user/pass/email would do just fine. I really can’t think of a reason to collect all that info. I trust it won’t be sold, but it’s a big turn off.

[quote]
I am looking for a French -> French Audio reader to carry out the same tricks. Any hints?
[/quote]

The only thing I could think of is if there was versions of Adobe and Opera in French. That way it would say it in French instead of English. Mp3 My Mp3 would still work fine.

]]> By: Alan Peery http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4705 Alan Peery Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:45:35 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4705 I am looking for a French -> French Audio reader to carry out the same tricks. Any hints? I am looking for a French -> French Audio reader to carry out the same tricks. Any hints?

]]> By: broomvondle http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4671 broomvondle Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:44:06 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4671 If you have a Mac you can render text files to AIFF using applescripts here... http://www.apple.com/applescript/macosx/text2audio.html If you have a Mac you can render text files to AIFF using applescripts here…

apple.com/...audio.html

]]> By: digiband http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4656 digiband Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:12:23 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4656 What voices does that site use? What voices does that site use?

]]> By: DW http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4632 DW Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:35:53 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4632 [quote comment="4621"][quote comment="4619"]Hello Alex You can also use this site www.spokentext.net. SpokenText.net allows you to upload pdf,plain text, powerpoint and word files and converts them to speech automatically. The site also has a feature to record web pages. Or text you copy and paste into your browser. You can download your recording as an iPod book or mp3 file. And every member gets a personal podcast URL ,which they can use to download recordings to iTunes or their iPods. And best of all the site is completely free. DW[/quote] I would blog about that, but there's no way I am making an account. Why would someone want to make on account on your site, just to do a quick conversion?[/quote] The site is not really designed for a one off recording. But more for someone looking to record many files over a longer period of time. The registration is used to provide the ability for people to download their files using a podcast URL, amongst other things. To setup an account takes a few seconds and the account is available immediately. All information gathered in registration will never be sold. And all text uploaded is deleted once the recording is finished being processed. DW [quote comment="4621"][quote comment="4619"]Hello Alex

You can also use this site spokentext.net.

SpokenText.net allows you to upload pdf,plain text, powerpoint and word files and converts them to speech automatically. The site also has a feature to record web pages. Or text you copy and paste into your browser.

You can download your recording as an iPod book or mp3 file. And every member gets a personal podcast URL ,which they can use to download recordings to iTunes or their iPods.

And best of all the site is completely free.

DW[/quote]

I would blog about that, but there’s no way I am making an account. Why would someone want to make on account on your site, just to do a quick conversion?[/quote]

The site is not really designed for a one off recording. But more for someone looking to record many files over a longer period of time.

The registration is used to provide the ability for people to download their files using a podcast URL, amongst other things.

To setup an account takes a few seconds and the account is available immediately.

All information gathered in registration will never be sold. And all text uploaded is deleted once the recording is finished being processed.

DW

]]> By: Brian http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4627 Brian Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:03:50 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4627 See also: CMU's <a href="http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/" rel="nofollow">Festival</a>, pdftotext See also: CMU’s Festival, pdftotext

]]> By: Alex Bailey http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4621 Alex Bailey Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:02:28 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4621 [quote comment="4619"]Hello Alex You can also use this site www.spokentext.net. SpokenText.net allows you to upload pdf,plain text, powerpoint and word files and converts them to speech automatically. The site also has a feature to record web pages. Or text you copy and paste into your browser. You can download your recording as an iPod book or mp3 file. And every member gets a personal podcast URL ,which they can use to download recordings to iTunes or their iPods. And best of all the site is completely free. DW[/quote] I would blog about that, but there's no way I am making an account. Why would someone want to make on account on your site, just to do a quick conversion? [quote comment="4619"]Hello Alex

You can also use this site spokentext.net.

SpokenText.net allows you to upload pdf,plain text, powerpoint and word files and converts them to speech automatically. The site also has a feature to record web pages. Or text you copy and paste into your browser.

You can download your recording as an iPod book or mp3 file. And every member gets a personal podcast URL ,which they can use to download recordings to iTunes or their iPods.

And best of all the site is completely free.

DW[/quote]

I would blog about that, but there’s no way I am making an account. Why would someone want to make on account on your site, just to do a quick conversion?

]]> By: DW http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4619 DW Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:20:39 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4619 Hello Alex You can also use this site www.spokentext.net. SpokenText.net allows you to upload pdf,plain text, powerpoint and word files and converts them to speech automatically. The site also has a feature to record web pages. Or text you copy and paste into your browser. You can download your recording as an iPod book or mp3 file. And every member gets a personal podcast URL ,which they can use to download recordings to iTunes or their iPods. And best of all the site is completely free. DW Hello Alex

You can also use this site spokentext.net.

SpokenText.net allows you to upload pdf,plain text, powerpoint and word files and converts them to speech automatically. The site also has a feature to record web pages. Or text you copy and paste into your browser.

You can download your recording as an iPod book or mp3 file. And every member gets a personal podcast URL ,which they can use to download recordings to iTunes or their iPods.

And best of all the site is completely free.

DW

]]> By: rs http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4609 rs Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:54:35 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4609 Textaloud Mp3 program uses a voice synthesizer that is very good called AT&T natural voices or Neospeech. Each set of male & female voices go for $30.00 and definetly worth it for converting web reading into Mp3 format. Textaloud Mp3 program uses a voice synthesizer that is very good called AT&T natural voices or Neospeech. Each set of male & female voices go for $30.00 and definetly worth it for converting web reading into Mp3 format.

]]> By: Loud Voice http://www.cyber-knowledge.net/blog/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4576 Loud Voice Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:10:41 +0000 http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/12/25/convert-pdf-txt-files-to-an-mp3-recording/#comment-4576 That's actually quite nice, but the text-to-speech actually requires you to install an additional component for Adobe Reader. On a mac, you can use simple text (just goto the pdf file, click the text option, and select all of the text in the pdf, then open simpletext and paste it in and hit apple + e and it should speak the contents for you). On a pc/windows, you can find several programs to do this for you - try this: /hxxp://www.freewarefiles.com/cat_9_105_Text2Speech.html That’s actually quite nice, but the text-to-speech actually requires you to install an additional component for Adobe Reader.

On a mac, you can use simple text (just goto the pdf file, click the text option, and select all of the text in the pdf, then open simpletext and paste it in and hit apple + e and it should speak the contents for you).

On a pc/windows, you can find several programs to do this for you –
try this:
/hxxp://www.freewarefiles.com/cat_9_105_Text2Speech.html

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