Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka. The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4, OGG or WMA file. The program can read the clipboard content, view the text from AZW, AZW3, CHM, DjVu, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, MOBI, ODT, PRC, PDF and RTF files, customize font and background colour, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys.
The program uses various versions of Microsoft Speech API (SAPI); it allows to alter a voice"s parameters, including rate and pitch. The user can apply a special substitution list to improve the quality of the voice"s articulation. This feature is useful when you want to change the spelling of words. The rules for the pronunciation correction use the syntax of regular expressions.
Balabolka can save the synchronized text in external LRC files or in MP3 tags inside the audio files. When an audio file is played with players on a computer or on modern digital audio players, the text is displayed synchronously (at the same way, as lyrics for songs).
Balabolka 2.12.0.653 changelog:
- Added the new splitting method in the "File Splitter" window: split by table on contents. The application extracts chapters from a document to divide text.
- Fixed the handling of situations when all audio output devices are turned off.
- If the named bookmark window is opened, the application selects the nearest bookmark to the text position.
- Resources for Bulgarian and German languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev and Regine Mueller).
- Fixed small bugs.
What"s new in v2.12.0.654:
- Updated the windows "List of Used Rules" and "List of Homographs".
- Updated the sequential numbering of blocks (when the application inserts a block number at the beginning/end of audio files).
- Updated the text extracting for EPUB files.
- Resources for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified) and Spanish languages were updated (thanks to Kostadin Kolev, Anan and Fernando Gregoire).
Download: Balabolka 2.12.0.654 | 15.8 MB (Freeware)
Download: Portable Balabolka | 15.7 MB
View: Balabolka Website