When reading a long text, you can easily return to the point where you left off by using Text Speaker's bookmarks feature. To add a bookmark click the position in the document where you left off, and click Edit >> Add Bookmark. Give the bookmark a name. You can add multiple bookmarks to your document and quickly return to the position at any time. To return to a bookmark, click Edit >> Go to Bookmark and choose a bookmark from the dropdown. [image: GotoBookmark.png]

Selecting a good voice to use in Text Speaker is very important. The correct voice will improve your listening experience. Here is an article to help you select the right voices for your own use: https://www.deskshare.com/resources/articles/text-to-speech-voice-software.aspx

You can create outlines using Text Speaker. While reading your file, you can mark important sections of your e-book for outlining. Later, you can have Text Speaker read aloud the marked areas, or convert the marked text into an audio file. Select the text for audio outline and click Edit menu >> Outline Area. The outlined text is shown with a yellow background and is enclosed within the tags <OUTLINED> and </OUTLINED>. [image: AudioOutline.png] To listen to the marked text, click Speak menu >> Speak Outlined Text. Convert the marked text to an audio file by clicking Speak menu >> Convert Outlined Text and you will have a file of your key points you can listen to on your iPod.

Text Speaker allows you to have different voices read a document. Just select the part of the text you want in another voice, then go to the Edit menu and select 'Insert Voice Change'. Here is an example: [image: ChangeVoice.png] To make speech sound more natural, you can emphasize it correctly. Proper emphasis may also change the meaning of a sentence. To emphasize a word or a phrase in Text Speaker, select the text and click Edit >> Emphasize Selected word /Phrase. Here is an example: Turn text documents into <emph>MP3 audio</emph> or read them aloud on your PC.

Yes, you can use the Talking Reminder feature in Text Speaker. Here are the steps: Click on "Talking Reminders" on the tool bar, you will see this dialog: [image: reminderwindow.png] Click on the "Create" button: [image: ReminderDetails.png] Write the announcement in the text box, select Date and Time. You can repeat your reminders after some minutes, hours, days or years. Select a voice to read aloud the reminder and test how it sounds. Click OK At the specified Date and Time, the message which you have written will be read aloud.

Yes, Text Speaker will allow you to include a background music track in your speech file. Several different formats are supported for background music files. Follow these steps to add background music: Click on "Convert To Audio" from tool bar, you will get this dialog [image: MP3Properties.png] Enable the option Add background music to the output file. Click on the 'Browse' button to select your music file and click 'Test' to listen to how it sounds. You can adjust the volume with the help of the slider.

Yes, Text Speaker can highlight words as they are read. To turn this feature on, click Tools >> Settings. Under the General Preferences, select 'Highlight word when reading'. Here is an illustration: [image: Settings.png]

When you purchase Text Speaker and voices, you get a license number for Text Speaker and a separate serial number for the Professional Voices you are purchasing. You have to activate each voice separately with the correct serial number. The Text Speaker serial number will only activate Text Speaker. Log in to your DeskShare account and you can retrieve serial numbers for all the products you have purchased. The voice will be activated when you enter a valid serial number for the voice.

Once you have added Text Speaker to the shopping cart, please select the voice you would like from this page: https://www.deskshare.com/text-to-speech-voices.aspx You have to purchase the Professional voices separately. There is a package that includes 2 professional voices, Mike & Crystal, along with Text Speaker at a special price. Please click for pricing.

We have a large selection of voices in English and many other languages that will work with Text Speaker. On this page you will be able to hear samples and many can also download and tried for free for 30 days: https://www.deskshare.com/text-to-speech-voices.aspx

Here are 2 examples of how to Pause after a sentence for 1 second: Use the code <silence msec="1000"/> at the end of the sentence: Example 1 This advanced text-to-speech application turns words into audio with natural sounding voices<silence msec="1000"/> Text Speaker can read aloud your documents, or you can convert them into MP3 files to listen to anywhere at anytime! Or just put a period (.) sign at the end of the sentence as follows: Example 2 This advanced text-to-speech application turns words into audio with natural sounding voices. Text Speaker can read aloud your documents, or you can convert them into MP3 files to listen to anywhere at anytime! Setting the speed of the voice can be done from the voice properties dialog as illustrated here: [image: VoiceProperties.png]

Please download and install the latest version of Text Speaker. It supports both 64bit and 32bit Windows 10. You can download the latest version here: https://www.deskshare.com/download_details.aspx?id=32 If you need your registration information, you can log in to your account here: https://www.deskshare.com/login.aspx

You can use Text Speaker. Both the AT&T and Ivona voices should provide clear proofreading of most medical terminology. For words that do not get pronounced correctly, you can assign the correct pronunciation by using the Pronunciation Editor. You can enter the medical terms you need and use it for proof-reading. Click Tools > Pronunciation to get to the editor. Here is a illustration: [image: PronunciationMain12.png] Click to get pricing on Text Speaker.

Text Speaker supports many different voices, in English and many other languages. You can sample and purchase voices at this link: https://www.deskshare.com/text-to-speech-voices.aspx Pronunciation can be adjusted from within Text Speaker. Please see this page for an illustration and direction: https://www.deskshare.com/help/ts/AdjustingPronunciation.aspx

Text Speaker will not run correctly with debugger software also running. The problem may be caused by Microsoft's Dr. Watson. Here are instructions for turning it off: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/188296

Yes, Text Speaker is great for creating MP3 voice narration you can use with Adobe Captivate as well as any other presentation software. Any of the voices sold on our website will work. We have a large selection of accented voices you can use.

Click File >> Open and open your PDF file in Text Speaker. Click on Speak and it will read it aloud to you. You can also highlight any text on your screen, in any program, and use the hotkey to speak the selected text. There is no cutting and pasting required. More information about the hotkey and how to set it is available at the bottom of this page: https://www.deskshare.com/help/ts/Settings.aspx

Text Speaker may read a punctuation character as a word when it is preceded by a dash. You can change the pronunciation of the character combination by clicking Tools >> Pronunciation. Enter '-?' or whichever pronunciation you would like to change and replace the pronunciation with the silence character, a underscore '_'. More information about adjusting pronunciation is available here: https://www.deskshare.com/help/ts/AdjustingPronunciation.aspx

The activation is a one time procedure. You can log in as Administrator and activate Text Speaker. After activation, Text Speaker will work within the restricted account, activation will not be required again.

Yes, Text Speaker can read any text on your screen aloud. You just need to select the text on your screen and press the hotkey to listen to it. More details on the hotkey settings can be viewed here: https://www.deskshare.com/help/ts/Settings.aspx