Text to Speech Windows

Natural Reader is a software package that can be downloaded from the internet and installed on a PC.  The basic demo version is free.
It is now also available for OS X.

http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.htm

Text to speech can be very useful during the writing process.  Having the computer read back text that has been written in a word processor gives the writer useful feedback. 

Questions to keep in mind when listening to the text;


It is best to select a sentence or at most a paragraph at a time.

Text to speech can also be used with Web sites or downloaded documents where the readability of the text may be difficult for the user but the their auditory comprehension is good.



To use Natural Reader it must be on and running in the background, so it is best to launch the program when you start to use your computer and then minimize the window. 

First you should adapt Natural Reader to your needs.