Making files

[lorcain]

I have seen that some files on this site were made using a program, text to speech type of thing. Can anyone tell me where i could get something like that please (free preferably)?

[cardigan]

You can download the Virtual Hypnotist. This program will read a written script in relatively good English.
http://vhypno.sourceforge.net/download_full.html
It won't let you save the output as a mp3 file, but it will play it for you every time you ask it to.

[lorcain]

Thanks for the reply Cardigan. I have the Virtual Hypnotist program, but i am really looking for something that i can use to make mp3s. I find it annoying trying to trance beside my computer, i can't really get comfortable for some reason.

[cardigan]

I understand that, but I think that Virtual Hypnotist is almost the only product of its kind. Otherwise - if you had two computers, you could have the first one playing your Virtual Hypnotist script, and then connect the sound out socket on its audio device to the line in socket of the audio device of the second machine. On the second machine you could then record the input sound with Audacity. I don't know if it would work, but I strongly suspect that it will.

[lorcain]

Hmmm... That might work, but i only have one computer, so i won;t be testing it anytime soon. I won't have to either though :D I just found this item on the internet, "Text Aloud", http://www.nextuptech.com/ . I have the free trial, it works well enough, you can adjust pronouncation(sp) if you want to, and the voices aren't too bad. It lets you save as an mp3, which is what i wanted.

[Capt]

What about connecting Audio Out (Headphones plug in this case) to the microphone plug and using Audacity to record on one computer?

[cardigan]

I'm afraid that it wouldn't work. Most audio devices cannot playback and record at the same time! You might find an expensive unit that can, but the ones typically installed in modern computers as default can't.

[AFA]

What about connecting Audio Out (Headphones plug in this case) to the microphone plug and using Audacity to record on one computer?

I'm afraid that it wouldn't work. Most audio devices cannot playback and record at the same time! You might find an expensive unit that can, but the ones typically installed in modern computers as default can't.

Admittedly I have a Sound Blaster Card in my PC but I have done this on others and it has worked just fine. The only thing that is difficult is adjusting the audio out so it is audible but not blaring.

Audacity is a great free program for this and it never hurts to try.

[ROAR]

Why not just plug your audio out into a tape recorder? you can even just put a recorder in front of the speakers.
I'm told that they now even make cassette recorders that don't run on coal anymore =<)
cheers;
ROAR

[ROAR]

Why not just plug your audio out into a tape recorder? you can even just put a recorder in front of the speakers.
I'm told that they now even make cassette recorders that don't run on coal anymore =<)
cheers;
ROAR

[susceptable]

I'm afraid that it wouldn't work. Most audio devices cannot playback and record at the same time! You might find an expensive unit that can, but the ones typically installed in modern computers as default can't.

Audacity can do this even if you have a rubbish sound card:

[slutinmyhead]

Try DSpeech. It's free and you can get it here.

http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/