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Any free Text To Speech for browsers?

Wondering if there is any Text to Speech software available as a plug in for IE or Firefox.

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Jobi Joy Avatar asked Sep 27 '08 17:09

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WebAnywhere is a university project aimed at creating a site that allows you to use text to speech from any browser at any location, without installing anything or using any plugins.

You can try it out and see for yourself. I was pretty impressed with it when I first heard of it.

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HitScan Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 11:09

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There is also NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) which is an open source general purpose screen reader for Windows.

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Greg Hewgill Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 10:09

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