ToneTester
ToneTester is a Macintosh application that tests hearing. Specifically, it looks for offsets in how each of a person's ears hears pitch (the formal term for this is "binaural diplacusis" or "interaural pitch difference"). To use it, you adjust a slider until your ears hear the same pitch, and...
http://suitable.com/tools/download/ToneTester.dmg - 189Kb - Download - Screenshot

read_write
Training of foreign languages on examples. The program user - on his/her own selects any text in a foreign language (at least one sentence) - reads the text into a microphone - then listens to what he/she has read - types (prints on a keyboard) what he/she hears The program is high-effective... It is very good for children and adults that study foreign languages. ... The program is free.
http://www.paarschool.com/read_write/index.zip - 500Kb - Download - Screenshot

WeatherAloud
WeatherAloud is the talking software for your PC that brings you the weather as you've never heard it before. It's like having a personal weatherman at your service. These days the weather means a lot more than just what's outside your door, so WeatherAloud brings you forecasts and conditions... Wake up to your local forecast, listen to hourly temperatures from your favorite vacation spot, or hear conditions where your distant loved ones are. ... With frequent updates, current temperature in your system tray and complete control over when and what you hear, WeatherAloud helps you stay on...
http://dl.downloadhosting.com/download/nextup/WeaAl160.exe - 4Mb - Download - Screenshot

Sounding Keyboard and Mouse
[ softboy. net ]! Sounding Keyboard and Mouse will bring you great enjoyment when you operate computer. It Lets you hear magic sound when you press keys or click mouse. The program allows you to hear the sound or the words which you want to hear after your typing or clicking. ... It is very easy to use. ... [ www. ... No programming skills needed. ... softboy. ... If the Microsoft Speech API and TTS Engine have been install on your computer, The program can vocalise the text you are typing at the completion of each character or each word or each sentence.
http://www.qwerks.com/download/4816/keysoundsetup.exe - 4Mb - Download - Screenshot

Burn Baby Burn
Cozy up on those cold fall or winter nights with an animated fireplace screensaver. Hear the sounds of the realistic flames or set the screen saver up as a virtual fireplace screensaver with three appearance options: Stone, Dark Marble, or Rose Marble. ... You can even show a log, andirons and hear the crackling sound everyone loves. ... If you don't want the fireplace effect choose to display just the fires flames on your desktop.
http://dl.winsite.com/bin/downl?wi...sktop/burnbaby.exe|0|500000009151 - 4Mb - Download - Screenshot

Threedef
Access your music with a phone keypad. Fast. Dial the name, hit Play, boogie. Drill down into even the largest music collection and find your selection with just a few taps. All your music's metadata is indexed for instant access. Now featuring CD ripping! ... When Threedef displays what you're looking for, hit Play to hear it. ... Simply type part of the name of the artist, album, or track you want to hear. ... Threedef's nine key pad gives you the ability to instantly dial into and hear any artist, album, or track in your library.
http://www.threedef.com/ThreedefInstaller.exe - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

Animated Spelling
The "Animated Spelling CD" has over 700 words (with sound) and nearly 70 animations (over 120 Meg! ). The program has two games - a matching game where the child can hear the word and then match it to a word on the screen, and a spelling game where the student hears the word, then spells it. ... ) and advanced (because, become, behave, behind, etc. ... ) so the program can be used by a range of age groups. ... Two groups of words are available - beginning (box, boy, bump, bug, etc. ... It includes high frequency book words.
ftp://ftp.a-direct.com/adds/spellw.zip - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

CommCenter
Wouldn't it be great to be able to hear your opponents cursing, or to talk with your teammates to coordinate your attack? CommCenter works in the background while you play today's hottest games (like Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament), letting you use your microphone to talk with other players. ... Even at slow speeds the audio quality is superb, and on faster hardware CommCenter lets you hear what other people say less than an eighth of a second after they said it. ... It mixes what they say with your games' sound effects, so you can hear them at the same time.
http://www.randomly.com/pub/ccenter.zip - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

SayPad
SayPad, the freeware talking text editor can read you a good book or help you write one, using SAPI 5. 1 Text To Speech (included). It can convert Text to MP3 for a whole book in one run, splitting off chapters into well named MP3 files. You can fit huge files into it like the whole Bible for... It has some audio commands, such as hear block, and line read, and can read to you like a story. ... If you want to hear something spelled out, turn on spelling. ... All user dialog is spoken. ... I know of no upper limit to how much text it can hold.
http://InspiredCode.net/SayPad1.exe - 8Mb - Download - Screenshot

Callwave Internet Answering Machine
Callwave Internet Answering Machine Software. Never miss a call! Stay online without missing important calls! Hear your caller's message instantly on your PC speakers or click a button to talk to your caller. This is the internet's best service for managing your incoming calls, your security and... The main features include: * Hear who's calling while you're online, or use the Take The Call feature to talk to your caller. ... Even before you hear a caller's message, you'll see their name and telephone number displayed in the CallWave window.
http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-19907...lwave.com/?r=CJU_ETEM_20050622_I1 - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot