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SpeechOver Review

Submitted by rohand87 on Sun, 2010-03-14 00:09.
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Pros:
Act as a stop-gap measure until you get the voice-overs recorded. It's quick and easy. The price is right too.
Cons:
Typing all the text can be cumbersome job
Review:

Introduction

It's often very time-consuming and expensive to record voice-overs with professionals -- of course you can record your own voice these days but not everyone is entirely audible and has the proper pronunciation, vocal control, and confidence to do that. And trust me -- lots of users want to add high quality narration to their PowerPoint presentations so that these can be shown as a sequential walkthrough without a live presenter.

Features

Windows Vista compatible.
Two new professional TTS (Text to Speech) voices added: male voice Paul from NeoSpeech female voice Heather from Acapela Group.
Voices are licensed for commercial use.
Control speed, volume, pitch, delay and emphasis of voice. Controls are integrated into the text with special characters.
Import text from Notes pane.
Scroll long subtitles.
The new pronunciation lexicon allows TTS (Text to Speech) voices to speak any word correctly. Enter the word into the lexicon with its phoneme representation, which is available from standard online dictionaries, and the voice will recognize and speak it.
Load sound files to be played as background to the voice track.
Easy access to tools for Acapela voices: Phoneme Lexicon and Voice Manager.
Edit voice sound files directly with Sound Recorder
Context sensitive help

Conclusion:

Even if you need to do professional presentations with studio quality voice-overs, Speech-Over is an amazing product.