DSpeech
(ver 1.62.2)
Freeware


Text-to-Speech is one of the Accessibility Options 
bundled by Microsoft into their newer operating 
systems.  Win2k will also support TTS, but it 
requires downloading several separate components.  

DSpeech is a program that reads text and speaks it. 
It requires MSVBVM60.DLL and the Microsoft SAPI5 voice 
engine be installed (SAPI5.1 comes with 3 voices).  It 
can open TXT, RTF, HTML, and XML files (PDF files with 
the DSpeech plugin), whether local files or a URL. 

DSpeech can read directly to a MP3 file (using LAME).  
It can also recognize your voice as spoken into a 
microphone, and translates it into text (you must first 
install the Microsoft Speech Recognition engine).  Say: 
Coma for ",", and Period for ".".  Text can be saved.  

By right-clicking inside the text box, more commands 
become available.  You can insert special programming 
commands such as add silence, play a sound file (which 
you can record directly with DSpeech), or spell-out 
the individual letters in a word.  

NOTE: This is the last Win2k version.

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INSTALLAION INSTRUCTIONS:

First load the SAPI5.1 engine.  It is suggested that 
it be installed in the directory "WINNT\Speech".  
	file = sapi51.zip

Next load the Speech Recognition engine (run "Setup.Exe").  
	file = SR.zip

Next extract the DSpeech directory from the archive.  
DSpeech does NOT require installation.
	file = dspeech.zip

Add to the DSpeech directory the file MSVBVM60.DLL.
	file = MSVBVM60.zip

Add the DSpeech PDF plugin (just extract the file 
"pdftotext.exe" and add it to the DSpeech directory).  
	file = PDF_Plug-In.zip



   NOTE: After you run DSpeech, a "DSpeech.ini" file 
         will be created in the DSpeech directory.  

   NOTE: SAPI5 and SR settings are configured in Control 
         Panel, under the Speech icon.