I am sorry that it stopped working for you :( Unfortunately, I stopped maintaining this program years ago.
Hi! After updating Windows, the software no longer recognises the installed voices. Is there a fix? This is the best TTS software out there! Please fix it!
I am using Microsoft Michelle's voice, but I much prefer it when her voice is at -1 or -2 Pitch. I am able to adjust her voice pitch on other programs and browser addons, but not on Read4Me TTS Clipboard Reader. It would be a really great feature or option if you could add an adjust pitch in addition to the adjust rate and adjust volume.
I am using Microsoft Michelle's voice, but I much prefer it when her voice is at -1 or -2 Pitch. I am able to adjust her voice pitch on other programs and browser addons, but not on Read4Me TTS Clipboard Reader. It would be really great feature or option if you could add an adjust pitch in addition to the adjust rate and adjust volume.
Hi lain-iwakura, I just pushed the code to https://github.com/yassendobrev/read4me/. Please feel free to add your improvements there! Thank you!!
Hi lain-iwakura, I just pushed the code to https://github.com/yassendobrev/read4me/. Please feel free to push your improvements there! Thank you!!
Hi, this sounds like a great idea! I'll try to do this asap. Best, Yassen On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 1:44 PM lain-iwakura lain-iwakura@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Hello. I am putting some feelers out to see if there would be any objections to moving the project to GitHub. I believe this would simplify community contribution for continued maintenance, support, and bug fixes. I have a couple of fixes for improved stability. But I have been selfishly using my own build instead of publishing it here. Life...
Hello. I am putting some feelers out to see if there would be any objections to moving the project to GitHub. I believe this would simplify community contribution for continued maintenance, support, and bug fixes. I have a couple of fixes for improved stability. But I have been selfishly using my own build instead of publishing it here. Life got in my way as it tends to do.
Hi Christopher, I'm sorry for your inconvenience. Unfortunately, I no longer support or develop this program. It's open-source, so you're more than welcome to extend and improve it. Thank you for your understanding.
Yesterday it stopped working and all the voices are gone all the fields where you choose your voice went blank or said detect language. I've went into Microsoft settings and I can test the voices in settings and other software still have access to it?
Hi Jaime, thank you for your interest. Unfortunately, I no longer support or develop this program. It's open-source, so you're more than welcome to extend and improve it. Thank you for your understanding. Best, Yassen
Hi, I already have a scheduler making rss to txt every hour, what I need now is to make that txt file to mp3 every hour. So, I can listen to that mp3 with the rss feed updated every hour via FTP with my phone and other devices. It also can be that you can add a "make mp3 at startup" I need the mp3s at volumes between 98 and 110 dbs. If you can add the option volume to use dbs it will be very useful for many people If you are curious, I am using this scheduler https://withdata.com/dbtodb/schedule-task.html...
Thank you so much Elizeon! Your PR is merged.
Thank you so much Elizeon!
Option to pause speech when reading a new line.
Option to pause speech when reading a new line.
Hi Yassen, I checked out the repo and added a setting that allows pause on newline, mainly for my personal use. Would you like me to contribute this change to the project? If so, could you please add me as a contributor so I can create a pull request? (I assume that's how that works, I haven't contributed to an open source project before)
Hi, I'm very happy that someone is still using this app. I'm not actively developing it anymore, but it's open-source so any contributions are welcome!
Hi, I have used this software for several years. I use this software to read lecture slides when studying so I can take in the info easier. Often in lecture slides there are series of dot points and in Read4Me these are read without pauses at the end which can be confusing. Here's an example (this is kind of messed up formatting but it must be what Read4Me sees in its clipboard, its directly copied and pasted from a pptx in office online, where it actually appears as a sentence and then 4 short dot...
Hi, I have used this software for several years. I use this software to read lecture slides when studying so I can take in the info easier. Often in lecture slides there are series of dot points and in Read4Me these are read without pauses at the end which can be confusing. Here's an example (this is kind of messed up formatting but it must be what Read4Me sees in its clipboard, its directly copied and pasted from a pptx in office online, where it actually appears as a sentence and then 4 short dot...
Hi, I have used this software for several years. I use this software to read lecture slides when studying so I can take in the info easier. Often in lecture slides there are series of dot points and in Read4Me these are read without pauses at the end which can be confusing. Here's an example (this is kind of messed up formatting but it must be what Read4Me sees in its clipboard, its directly copied and pasted from a pptx in office online, where it actually appears as a sentence and then 4 short dot...
Hi, I have used this software for several years. I use this software to read lecture slides when studying so I can take in the info easier. Often in lecture slides there are series of dot points and in Read4Me these are read without pauses at the end which can be confusing. Here's an example (this is kind of messed up formatting but it must be what Read4Me sees in its clipboard, its directly copied and pasted from a pptx in office online, where it actually appears as a sentence and then 4 short dot...
Sorry, due to low interest I'm not developing and supporting the program anymore.
I ran starter.bat and got the program dialog box. When I keyed words in the "Please enter text in the box below," the program worked and I heard the words. The ctrl-win-o shortcut worked to close the dialog box. None of the other shortcuts worked. I never could get any speech from the clipboard or selected text.
I was looking for a Danish language TTS file and found this work around for WIN 10 https://www.ghacks.net/2018/08/11/unlock-all-windows-10-tts-voices-system-wide-to-get-more-of-them/ It worked well.... Sharing is caring! :)
I was looking for a Danish language TTS file and found this work around for WIN 10 https://www.ghacks.net/2018/08/11/unlock-all-windows-10-tts-voices-system-wide-to-get-more-of-them/ It worked well.... Sharing is caring! :)
I was looking for a Danish TTS file and found this work around for WIN 10 https://www.ghacks.net/2018/08/11/unlock-all-windows-10-tts-voices-system-wide-to-get-more-of-them/ It worked well.... Sharing is caring! :)
- changed license to MIT License
Hi, I've just given you permissions! Can you contact me by email (yassendobrev at gmail dot com) to talk about the details. I'm looking forward to working with you :)
I would love to be a contributor. I have been using your program for a long time. I have tested several TTS applications, but nothing compares to Read4Me for day to day use. It Is one of the best accessibility tools I have ever used. And as luck would have it, I am comfortable developing in C#. So, I can bug test as I go.
Thanks Adam! If you're interested to help develop r4m I can give you update permission. Please let me know.
To answer Abdolhamid Shariat’s question. Move the extension method “SplitByLength” to a static class. public static class ExtensionMethods { public static IEnumerable<string> SplitByLength(this string str, int maxLength) { for (int index = 0; index < str.Length; index += maxLength) { yield return str.Substring(index, Math.Min(maxLength, str.Length - index)); } } } https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9238114/extension-method-must-be-defined-in-a-non-generic-static-class Also, I have a bugfix for Read4Me....
But I would like to learn c# as well
Yes but with vb.net
Are you interested in developing Read4Me further and do you have any programming skills?
what the Read4Me does I mean "text to speech" and I would like to know how this software works as well
Sorry, I'm not actively developing the project anymore. What are you trying to achieve?
Hi When I run Read4Me on windows 10 visual studio 2014 I got this error "extension method must be defined in a non-generic static class" Perhapse from this part . namespace Read4Me { partial class Read4MeForm { static Thread oThread; bool StopConversion = false; How can I resolve this error
Hello, I downloaded and installed Read4Me, but I'm not satisfied with the voices preinstalled on my computer. On the 'Get Voices' tab it says that I could go to http://espeak.sourceforge.net/ to get voices, but i can't see how to download them. I don't know how to install voices from other platforms, either. Can someone help me get another german voice? Regards, floeze
Thanks for the feedback. It's a good idea, but unfortunately I'm not actively developing the project anymore, as I currently have other priorities. The program is open-source, so anyone willing to help is welcome.
First, I need to say that this a superb app, and you guys are doing a fantastic job. Thank you! Would be great if you allow a feature to take exclusive control of the speaker. For example, I am listening to my music, while working, then I need to use your app in the middle to listen to some text; would be great if your app can take control of the speaker which will make everything else silent, and play the text/sound; as soon as it ends, it can release the speaker, and I can continue with my music....
I confirm that it stopped working at some point, I think it stopped working under Windows 10. However, I don't actively develop the program anymore. Sorry about that :( It's open-source, so you're welcome to fix it if you want :)
Hi, App works great for reading from the clipboard, I have selected the "Read selected text [vs clipboard]" checkbox and assumed it will read the text I've selected on the web browser or other locations, but it keeps on reading the text in the clipboard and not the selected, am I doing something wrong ? Regards, Idan
Hi, thanks for the interest, but unfortunately I have other priorities now, so that...
Hi, thanks for the interest, but unfortunately I have other priorities now, so that...
I would like to know if it is possible or if it will rename mp3 output file with...
Glad to hear that :) I can't actively develop the app anymore, so if you're interested...
My apologies, I had made a simple configuration mistake in the app. I had not selected...
After upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7 Read4Me has stopped working. It starts...
Would it be possible change or add setting for paragraph delay time. It's hard to...
Sorry, this is not supported by many TTS voices.
Would it be possible to add a hotkey to skip a word rather than a whole sentence?...
Hi, could you test it with another TTS voice. The program was originally developed...
Hello and thanks for the software, but unfortunately it didn't work in my computer....
- added changes for Latvian synthesizer
- improved compatibility with some TTS synthesi...
Do you mean the txt2mp3 functionality? It displays how far it is in the status bar...
Just downloaded and used. Worked perfectly. Progress bar would be nifty.
Sorry, currently it's not possible :(
How can I create a dialogue with 2 voices? Or is it not possible?
Hi! Noticed a bug related to shortcuts; Go "Settings" tab / "Read clipboard hotkeys"...
Hi! Noticed a bug related to shortcuts; Go settings tab / Read clipboard hotkeys...
Thank you for your suggestions. I'll try to implement them in the next release. Out...
I downloaded Read4Me a few days ago, and it seems like useful software. My application...
Hi! Some hotkey combinations are not working. Single hotkeys without modifier are...
Hi! Some hotkey combinations are not working. Single hotkeys without modifier are...
Hi! Some hotkey combinations are not working. Single hotkeys without modifier are...
Hi! Some hotkey combinations are not working. Single hotkeys without modifier are...
Some hotkey combinations are not working. Single hotkeys without modifier are not...
Some hotkey combinations are not working. Single hotkeys without modifier are not...
Some recommendations for selection based reading (select text on web page, press...
Some recommendations for selection based reading (select text on web page, press...
Some recommendations for selection based reading (select text on web page, press...
Some recommendations for selection based reading (select text on web page, press...
Thank you for quick reply and fix! Now speak works for multiple sentences fine when...
Hi, Thanks a lot for reporting this bug! It was fixed in version 0.6.1 which is now...
- bug fixed, where voice in compatibility mode ...
Hi there. I've been looking for replacement TTS software and Read4me looks promising....
Hi there. I've been looking for replacement TTS software and Read4me looks promising....
- compatibility mode added to text box and clip...
- workaround for Visvaris seems to be woring
- SpeechSynthesizer version
- implemented smarter \r \n replacer
Hi, thanks for the feedback, I've implemented a little smarter replacer in version...
Thanks for adding SSML support ! A feature I'd like is the ability to eliminate the...
Thanks for adding SSML support ! A feature I'd like is the ability to eliminate the...
- updated current_version.txt
- read clipboard understands SAPI5/SSML Markup ...
- added right-click menu to richtextbox
- starting implementing methods with ispeechsyn...
- reverted changes to ispeechsynthesizer...
Thanks for the feedback, I've implemented it in the newest version (0.5.4) :)
Great Program! I'm using SAPI5/SSML Markup Language to improve the speak and this...