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As the school year starts up, you\u2019re probably just getting yourself oriented with your classes and gauging the size of the workload you\u2019ll have to deal with.<\/p>\n
It may be daunting after a long lazy summer, but anticipating the amount of reading you have ahead of you is a good idea. It\u2019s never fun to all of a sudden find yourself lagging behind. You need to get ahead of the curve way before the heavy reading assignments even start. And we have a perfect tip for that: to help lighten the reading load use a convert text to speech tool.<\/p>\n
Converting speech to text can come in handy in so many ways. \u00a0It can free you up to get away from the screen for a bit or help you learn a language.\u00a0 Also, students with disabilities can use text to speech tools to easily access digital content. Text to speech tools are perfect if you need help with proofreading, catching up on your notes, or getting some eBook reading done.<\/p>\n
So here\u2019s a look at 5 different ways to listen to your reading assignments with these free easy to use text to speech tools.<\/p>\n
For those who need to catch up on reading while commuting, running errands, working out or multi-tasking, SpokenText is a straightforward online text to audio converter. SpokenText allows you to convert any number of files such as PDF, DOC, PPT, TXT, HTML and Emails to an MP3 file. Once you have your MP3 files are created, you can then download and put them onto a mobile device. You\u2019ll be able to take your readings with you.<\/p>\n
Have a document online that needs to be proofread? If the file is shared on the web with a file sharing or collaboration tool like Google Docs, then you can have the text read to you directly from within your browser. You can listen for grammatical errors while working with other things on your computer–all without missing a beat.<\/p>\n
SpeakIt! is available for Chrome and allows you to read text displayed in the browser. For FireFox, there\u2019s Text to Voice which can also let you download your text in MP3 format.\u00a0 And Opera users can try VozMe. Once any of these extensions are installed, just highlight the text you want read out to you and activate the plugin.<\/p>\n
NaturalReaders is a popular text to speech tool whose online version comes with basic yet advanced features to get the job done. Click on Add Documents and you can start building and accessing your list of files from popular services like Dropbox, Google Docs, and more. Handy for students working on public computers or using Cloud services.<\/p>\n
People who are used to in browser music players will love the look and feel of YAKiToMe! It\u2019s a free online text to speech service and network rolled into one where you can share your audio books and files with other YAKiToMe user groups. If you\u2019re lucky, you may find a user with an audio version of a book you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n
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