Verbose Text to Speech Software
This professional text to speech application is designed to assist in listening to text. Verbose can be used to read aloud any text, then save it as mp3 or wav files for future listening. Typical Applications: ~ Sit and relax while your PC reads the text to you ~ Save text to MP3 or wav ~... ~ Prepare for a big speech by hearing your words read aloud. ... ~ Setup and use hotkeys for quicker and easier use. ... ~ Runs in the background so you can still use your computer as normal. ... ~ Save as either Wav or MP3.
http://www.audiochannel.net/software/verbose.zip - 180Kb - Download - Screenshot

Total Speech
Total Speech is a new powerful text-to-speech utility. It reads aloud your txt, html, doc, rtf documents and converts text to mp3. Total Speech can also create MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, MPC, AAC, APE or MP4 files giving you the chance to listen to your files on iPods, PocketPCs and other protable... Image how productive you can be when all your emails, reports, documents and books can be read aloud for you! ... You just select the text to be read and make few clicks. ... Total Speech is indispensable if you study English as a second language or prepare for some exams.
http://www.CoolUtils.com/download/TotalSpeech.exe - 2Mb - 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

Read To Me
Be lazy and let Read To Me do all the work for you while your web pages are read aloud. The words are neatly underlined as you read along. Simple to use, just double click on the first word of the page you would like read. The pages are automatically scrolled for you. ... Choose male and female voices from the options dialog. ... You can configure how the words are highlighted and which words or symbols to automatically skip.
http://www.stevefoxover.com/readtome/SetupReadToMe.exe - 14Mb - Download - Screenshot

CoolSpeech
CoolSpeech is the text-to-speech player for Windows! It empowers you to experience the wonderful text-to-speech technologies in many ways: 1) Listen to online news from any URL you specified! 2) Read your text/rich-text files and HTML files aloud! 3) Convert your text into spoken WAV files easily! ... 7) Schedule files, URLs and emails to be read aloud! ... 10) Many more funny and useful features! ... 8) Tell the time and the date in different styles! ... 9) Support almost all computer voices nowadays!
http://www.qwerks.com/download/4310/cssetup.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

Text-to-Speech Master
Text-to-Speech Master is very powerful and interesting program that lets you listen to documents, e-mails or web pages instead of reading on screen or even convert them to audio files! It can read texts with different voices, speeds and pitches, read clipboard content, convert text to WAV or MP3... Features overview: + Reads your DOC, RTF, HTML and text files aloud + Converts text to WAV or MP3 audio files so you can listen to it whenever you want! ... Just imagine, how it's easier to listen to texts rather than read them.
http://www.ttsmaster.com/files/SetupTTSMaster.exe - 10Mb - Download - Screenshot

Speak Aloud
Read text aloud with support for SAPI4 or SAPI5 compliant voices. Convert text to audio on the fly. i. e. text to wav, text to mp3, text to wma, text to ogg, text to vox, text to au and text to aiff format Convert without temporary files generated, save your hard disk. ... Now you can add streaming voice to web site easily Support reading highlight text on the screen with hot key. ... An easy to use screen reader Support drag drop. ... You can drag text files to batch convert or speak at will Support command line.
http://www.qwerks.com/download/7902/SpeakAloudSetup.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

Animated Beginning Phonics
Designed for beginning readers (pre-K to 2nd grade) Animated Beginning Phonics covers upper and lower case letters, beginning and ending sounds, middle short vowel sounds and beginning reading words. Sound is used extensively to help the child identify words and letters. ... All menu items and directions are read aloud to the student to help pre-readers navigate and operate the program. ... When the student has completed a certain number of problems they can visit the game room with puzzles and matching games (animated of course).
ftp://ftp.a-direct.com/adds/abphon.zip - 11Mb - Download - Screenshot

1st Read It Aloud!
Reads the selected text from any Windows application. Just select desired text, press hotkey, and enjoy! Make your documents, emails, web pages, books and thoughts sound! Configure volume, speed and pitch of speech. Create Voice Slots to use different hot keys for different voices! ... I am sure, this program will become your best friend. ... Enjoy!
http://www.RichSpeech.com/download/1stReadItAloudSetup.exe - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

Animated Alphabet for Windows
Teaches letter sounds using upper and lower case letters. Covers long and short vowels. When the child correctly identifies the letter sound they are rewarded with a silly animation using 3D graphics. Sound is used extensively to help the child identify letter sounds. ... All menu items and directions are read aloud to the student to help pre-readers navigate and operate the program. ... Help is available as needed by the student.
ftp://ftp.a-direct.com/adds/alphaw.zip - 9Mb - Download - Screenshot