Highlight any word which isn't pronounced correctly, right-click it and select 'Pronunciation'. But unlike most of the competition, it also provides a way to fix them.Ĭlick the 'Panel of Dictionaries' toolbar button, and check 'default_dic'.
Just as with any other text-to-speech software, Balabolka regularly makes pronunciation errors. You're also able to tweak the narration speed, pitch and volume. Supported formats include PDF, DOC, DOCX, AZW, AZW3, MOBI, PRC, DJVU, EPUB, HTML, TXT, RTF, RAR, ZIP and more. (If in doubt, launch Narrator.exe, or look for Narrator options in Control Panel's 'Ease of Access Centre' if Narrator can read text, Balabolka should be able to do so as well.)Īt its simplest, you can just use the program to open and read a file. It uses Microsoft's Speech Platform and requires at least one Microsoft voice, but this shouldn't be a problem for most PCs. Balabolka is a free and powerful text-to-speech program which can read the text from Office documents, PDF files, web pages and more.
