iSpeak - Text to Audio/MP3 review:1 stars (Very Disapointing) - This program is very frustrating and support is even worse. First of all it's huge. It takes around a gigabite of hard drive space to install. The program opens with the default voice (Mike) who sounds robot like and choppy. When trying to choose an optional voice, the program crashes every time. Then it will not open again till I reboot my computer. The manual is one 8 x10 sheet of paper. My Tech Support emails have been completely ignored, and no human phone contact is possible. The troubleshooting website was just as useless. There are better choices.
I have tried a few demo downloads from other Text to Voice programs that all worked very well. I'm sorry I didn't choose one of them vs iSpeak.
1 stars (buggy) - I bought this used so I didn't loose too much. But after discovering it's bugs and spending time to train the speech to say ms-dos and not Missisippi duce, it all came down to trying another software. I've tried this one Windows Me and XP both would same issue with the software staying minimized on the task bar. I was unable restore to maximized position on the screen. Buyer beware.1 stars (Nobody home at this company) - Voice is ok. But control tags to insert pauses in text don't work, even when you follow the documentation's simple recommendations. Nobody at the company is monitoring or responding to their website support email. Not hooked on Fonix here.
iSpeak - Text to Audio/MP3 Features:
Computer software (programs)
Utilities
Voice Command (Recognition)
CD
Automatically reads text copied to the clipboard or directly from Microsoft Word
Award-winning AT&T natural voices
Drag and Speak technology; new text-to-speech voice technology
Intuitive MP3 exporting capabilities; listening to MP3 files is now easier and more productive
Listen to your email directly from AOL 7.0, Microsoft Outlook 2000, and Outlook Express 6.

iSpeak - Text to Audio-MP3 is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 34.99USD.