GhostReader text-to-speech adds iPhone, iPod export

by Peter Cohen, MacCentral

ConvenienceWare and AssistiveWare on Tuesday released GhostReader (formerly TextParrot) 1.1.1, an update to their text to speech software for Mac OS X. A free update for registered users, GhostReader costs $39.95 to register.

GhostReader lets you listen to your documents in naturally sounding voices in a language of your choice. You can use it to create audiobooks, speak selected text in a reader window, or use it with Safari by just pointing your cursor at the text. The software supports a variety of languages, including U.K. and U.S. English, French, German, Italian, Icelandic, Spanish and much more.

New to the 1.1.1 release is the ability to export audiobooks to a format that’s ready for transferring to an iPhone or iPod using iTunes 7’s AAC format. It’s also been updated for Apple’s forthcoming Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard” release, improves PDF export, boost performance when working with long texts and makes other changes.

A Universal binary, GhostReader requires Mac OS X v10.4 or later.

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