“Balabolka is very popular with international students and students unable to access DSA support. It’s similar to Text help Read&Write GOLD or Claro Read. In comparison to other freeware like Natural Reader, I find the voices to be much easier to follow. Balabolka uses preinstalled voices and has extra voices that can be bought at a small cost. Users can write their essays straight into Balabolka. The text is highlighted and a spell checker can be added to the software. It also has the added bonus of being able to turn text into MP3 audio files and its speech maker buttons can be very useful when preparing for lectures or exam revision.”
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Balabolka
Balabolka is a text-to-speech program for PCs which works with all computer voices installed on your system. It is able to recognise multiple file formats and the on-screen text can be saved in a wide range of audio formats. The program allows you to format the text, change numbers in the text with words, find homographs in the text, and even set the program to read foreign words with another voice.
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