Panopreter is a text-to-speech and text-to-mp3 software program with the following features:
Reads text aloud with natural sounding voices, and converts the text to audio files in wav, mp3, ogg and flac formats
Reads the text selected in any other software window and copied to the Windows clipboard
Highlights the word or sentence being read
Supports a wide variety of languages and voices
Supports batch file conversion
Includes a toolbar for Internet Explorer, the toolbar can read the text on the web page, and convert the text to audio files
Includes a toolbar for Microsoft Word, the toolbar can read the text on the Word document, and convert the text to audio files
Adjusts audio files’ sample rate and bit rate to obtain satisfactory audio quality or audio file size
Allows users to customize interface layout, font, text size, text color, highlight color, and background color
Allows users to adjust voice speed, volume, and pitch
Keyboard shortcut keys
Speaking repetition
Plays music when it finishes reading the text
The basic version is free, and additional versions are available to purchase. Details are available on the Panopreter website.