GroupsAloud
GroupsAloud, the worlds first talking Usenet News Reader, brings an unlimited amount of great information and conversation to you without the hassle of reading or even being tied to your computer. GroupsAloud is a simple to use USENET News Client. USENET is simply a system of newsgroups where... Now, with the introduction of GroupsAloud, you can listen instead of read. ... Listen to topics of interest while you do other work at the computer, or mark those discussions of interest for conversion to MP3 files for later listening on a portable device away from the computer.
http://dl.downloadhosting.com/download/nextup/GA1008.exe - 4Mb - Download - Screenshot

Sherlock Holmes - A Library
Whodunit? A complete collection of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Read, listen to, and print the Sherlock Holmes stories. This software will read aloud to you the Sherlock Holmes stories using Text-To-Speech Technology. Information is included about the author and the... You can also listen to the stories as they are read aloud to you by James - the Sherlock Holmes Story Reader. ... All of these stories can be read on screen within the software and up to three bookmarks can be set.
http://nellaware.fileburst.com/holmes.zip - 11Mb - Download - Screenshot

StocksAloud
StocksAloud is the great new talking program that helps you manage your investments and business interests by tracking companies for you. It let's you specify stock information to be read aloud for quick updates or full updates as well as listen to related news headlines. ... Stock prices, changes, and trading ranges are updated at specified intervals so you can check easy to read summaries, or relax and listen as StocksAloud reads them to you. ... It's up to you to decide how and when you want your information, it can even be emailed to you if that's your preference.
http://dl.downloadhosting.com/download/nextup/StkAl160.exe - 4Mb - Download - Screenshot

FMReader Free
Hear the Web with FMReader! Listen to web pages and RSS feeds with FMReader. Listen to a series of pages as if they were a radio station... all the while you browse other pages! Users of the full version can convert text to MP3. Every web site is a Podcast with FMReader! ... FMReader will open and read the page you were browsing. ... When you find a page in Internet Explorer that you want to hear, click on the "Read" button on the Links toolbar or Tools menu. ... FMReader looks up web pages, weather, maps, word definitions, related information, and encyclopedia entries using the Search...
http://www.fmreader.com/setup.exe - 5Mb - Download - Screenshot

Civil War Quotes, Notes, and Facts
Full of quotes, notes, and facts of the Civil War. Has Text-To-Speech technology, this software talks and will read the Civil War information to you in a human-sounding computer generated voice. Learn about the Civil War. View Civil War pictures. Has three entire books about the Civil War. ... Read and listen to information about Abraham Lincoln, U. ... You can read, listen to, or print out the Civil War quotes, notes, facts, and library books. ... Through an animated character (Merlin - the Civil War Reading Wizard) who speaks to you in a human-sounding computer generated voice, you can...
http://nellaware.fileburst.com/cwqnf10.exe - 10Mb - Download - Screenshot

Free Natural Text to Speech Reader
This is a free and fully functional text-to-speech software with Microsoft Voices. NaturalReader software is a professional text to speech program that converts any text into spoken words. It lets you listen to text instead of reading on screen! Just one click, you can have your computer speak... You can choose to copy and paste text to the reading area of the software, or more conveniently, with the add-in toolbars in the Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint and Outlook programs, you can listen to any online news, web information, Word documents, Presentation files and...
http://www.naturalreaders.com/standardsetup.exe - 12Mb - Download - Screenshot

NewsAloud
NewsAloud personal news agent from NextUp. com finds the stories you want, then reads them aloud in a natural, human sounding voice. In this age of information overload, do you find yourself buried just from trying to keep up with the latest news? How about a solution that uses the unique power... Instead let NewsAloud do it so you can listen while you work on something else, or get your news to go and listen while you excercise, commute, or get outside for a change. ... Available with exciting premium voices from AT&T, Cepstral and NeoSpeech to add amazing personality to your PC.
http://dl.downloadhosting.com/download/nextup/NwsAl105.exe - 4Mb - Download - Screenshot

GoNewsAloud
Stay up to the minute on current events as well as breaking news on the topics that interest you most. NewsAloud finds the stories you want to hear, then reads them aloud or to MP3 for your PDA or portable player. Supports optional premium voices from AT&T, Cepstral and NeoSpeech. ... Instead let News Aloud do it so you can listen while you work on something else, or get your news to go and listen while you excercise, commute, or get outside for a change. ... In this age of information overload, do you find yourself buried just from trying to keep up with the latest news?
http://www.godownload.org/down/NewsAloud.exe - 4Mb - Download - Screenshot

TextAloud
TextAloud is the leading text to speech program, available with exciting premium voices (including several languages) from ATT Natural Voices, Cepstral and NeoSpeech for the best in computer speech for your PC. TextAloud uses voice synthesis to convert text into spoken audio. ... Instead of the valuable time you spend reading on your computer, imagine being free to relax, get up and stretch, or work on other things while the information you need is read to you in a pleasant, natural sounding human voice.
http://www.nextup.com/files/textalouda.exe - 6Mb - Download - Screenshot

Advanced eBook Explorer
A program to keep your eBooks collection (for Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader) in order. For all eBooks you own, it shows detailed information such as file name and size, book ID (e. g. ISBN), title, author, publisher, category, and number of pages. Besides, it shows permissions given for books use... Also, some PDF technical information (PDF Info Dictionary records) is shown: creation/modification date, producer, and so on. ... Finally, the program shows PDF bookmarks (if available) and used fonts (Type1 and TrueType).
http://www.elcomsoft.com/AEBEX/aebex.zip - 687Kb - Download - Screenshot