With Text Speaker you can highlight the key points. Here's how: Select the text from the eBook, navigate to Edit menu and select the ‘Outline Area’ option. [image: AudioOutline.png] To convert only the outlined text to an audio file, go to the ‘Speak’ menu and select ‘Convert Outlined Text’ option.

Text Speaker can add background music to your mp3 audio book. While converting a text file to mp3 audio, select the ‘Add background music to the output file’ option on the Audio Properties dialog. [image: MP3Properties.png] Choose your background music file with the help of the ‘Browse’ button. Adjust the volume and click on ‘Test’ to check the file. Complete the conversion, and enjoy the background music on your audio book.

Yes, you can minimize Text Speaker. If you do not want to see the software running, I suggest you minimize it to the system tray when you close the application window. Click on the ‘Settings’ icon on the tool bar. Select ‘On close minimize Text Speaker to system tray’ option and click OK. [image: Settings.png] When you close the software, it will be minimized to the notification area. Double click on the icon in the tray to restore the application window.

Yes, this can be done with the help of Talking Reminders in Text Speaker. Click on the ‘Talking Reminder’ icon on the tool bar. Then click ‘Create’ in the Talking Reminder dialog. Type the message in the Message section on Reminder Details dialog. [image: ReminderDetails.png] Enter the date and time. You can repeat the message after every N minutes/hours/days or years. Choose a voice and test it using the ‘Test Voice’ button. For more information on Talking Reminders please see this link: https://www.deskshare.com/help/ts/Reminders.aspx

Yes, you can use Text Speaker for reading website pages. First, configure keyboard shortcuts. Click on the ‘Settings’ icon on the tool bar and then go to the ‘Keyboard Hotkey’ tab. [image: HotkeySettings.png] Select the text which you want to read, and use the keyboard shortcuts to start/stop and pause reading.

Yes, Text Speaker allows you to set reading speed. You can adjust the speed using the slider control for ‘Speed:’ on the main user interface. Or, click on the ‘Voice’ icon on the tool bar and adjust the reading speed. You can also listen to the speed you have set with the help of the ’Test Settings’ button. [image: VoiceProperties.png]

You can download and install the voice from within Text Speaker or you can download from our website and install it. Here is a page you can download voices from: https://www.deskshare.com/text-to-speech-voices.aspx After installation, launch Text Speaker. The installed voice will be listed in the ‘Voice’ drop down list on the main user interface. Click on the ‘Voice’ icon on the tool bar and test the installed voice from the ‘Voice Options’ dialog. [image: VoiceProperties.png]

Yes, Test Speaker allows you to create bookmarks for easy reference. By using Bookmarks you can quickly move to a point in the document. Read more about bookmarks here: https://www.deskshare.com/help/ts/Bookmarks.aspx

There are several different French and German voices available for Text Speaker. You can choose between the IVONA and AT&T voices for each language. Here is a list of available voices: https://www.deskshare.com/text-to-speech-voices.aspx

You can adjust the voice pitch, speed and volume in Text Speaker. Do these adjustments from ‘Voice Options’ dialog. [image: VoiceProperties.png] Before applying the changes click on the ‘Test Settings’ button to listen to the voice. By using ‘Restore Defaults’ button you can revert the changes you made.

In Text Speaker you can add a bookmark to mark the point to begin reading. To add a bookmark, select the text, click on the ‘Edit’ menu and choose the ‘Add Bookmark’ option. Save the change to the file. The next time when you open the file in Text Speaker, go to the ‘Edit’ menu and select the ‘Go To Bookmark’ option. Choose the bookmark you added. Now, click on the ‘Speak’ menu and select ‘Speak from Current Cursor Position’ option.

Yes, you can use the spell tag in Text Speaker to spell the word, phrase, or name. Select the surnames from your document which you want to spell, go to the ‘Edit’ menu and choose ‘Spell Selected Word/Phrase’ option. Test your spell tags by clicking on the ‘Speak’ icon on tool bar. Convert the file to MP3 or WAV when you are ready.

Yes, you can use the voices from Ivona and AT&T for the same file in Text Speaker. First, install the voices you want to use. Once you have installed the voices, they will be listed in Text Speaker. Here is a list of available voices: https://www.deskshare.com/text-to-speech-voices.aspx Now that the voices are working in Text Speaker, select the text you would like in the other voice, right click and choose the ‘Insert Voice Change’ option and then choose a voice. Click on Play to test your changes. Learn more about Changing the voice.

Text Speaker has a Talking Reminder feature. You can use it to read the instructions aloud at a scheduled time. Just type your instructions in the Message box on the ‘Reminder Details’ dialog. Set the time. If you want to repeat the message, select the interval to repeat message. [image: ReminderDetails.png] Read more about Talking Reminders.

Yes, what you would like to do is possible with Text Speaker. You need to outline the important points from each chapter. Once you outline the text, just convert the outlined text to an audio file. To outline the text, select the text you want in your audio file and right click to choose the 'Outline Area' option. After finishing the outlining, go to the 'Speak' menu and select the 'Convert Outlined Text' option. You can either convert it into a MP3 or WAV audio file. For more details on creating outlines please see this link: https://www.deskshare.com/help/ts/Highlighting.aspx

Text Speaker allows you to adjust pause durations in your text. Place your mouse cursor at the point you want to insert a pause, then right click and select the 'Insert Pause' option. You will see different values for the pause duration. Select one of the predefined values if they are adequate. There is also an option, 'User Defined', which allows you to enter the time in seconds. With this option you can have the customized pause length between sentences or bullet points and sections.

Yes, you can use Text Speaker to get the audio files you want. Type your entire message once and convert it to an audio file. Next, go to the ‘Edit’ menu, select the ‘Replace…’ option. Enter the name of the person for whom you have created the audio message earlier and replace it with the new person's name at all places. After replacing, again convert the text to an audio file. Repeat the process, making sure you rename the audio files so you do not overwrite previous ones.

You can reduce the MP3 audio file size in Text Speaker by selecting the proper values for Audio Frequency, Bitrate and Audio quality from the Audio Properties dialog. [image: MP3Properties.png] If you have selected high values for quality, bitrate and frequency, then the output MP3 file will be large. Try choosing a lower bitrate. Please note that the size of the MP3 file will also depend on the size of E-book which you are converting.

Yes, you can use different audio file formats for background music in Text Speaker. You can add background audio while converting your text file to MP3 format. Text Speaker supports MP3, WAV, WMA, MPA, ASF, MPEG, MPG and M1V file formats for background audio. [image: MP3Properties.png] Select the ‘Add background music to the output file’ option under Background Music section. Select audio file for background music using ‘Browse’ button.

You can read the email content in Outlook, Gmail or any mail reader using the keyboard shortcuts in Text Speaker. Go to ‘Settings’ and then select ‘Keyboard HotKeys’ tab. Choose the key combination to start speaking, stop speaking, pause/resume speaking as shown below. [image: HotkeySettings.png] Next, select the content from your Email and use the keyboard shortcuts to listen. You don’t have to copy the content of email to Text Speaker, anything on your screen can be read aloud.