Using TextAloud MP3 to create Portable Listening Files
TextAloud MP3 provides the unique ability to convert text to MP3 files. Combined with a portable MP3 player, this provides the chance for you to create your own daily, personal audiocast, allowing you to listen to news, information, or entertaining text away from the computer, while you are doing other things.
Tutorial Audio
TextAloud MP3
Convert any text to an MP3 file and take it with you. Create audio files from email, web pages, text documents, even ebooks, and then listen anywhere and anytime.
Download and Installation
To get started, download the free trial of TextAloud MP3.
The installation is very straightforward, and if you have any problems with install, contact NextUp.com customer support at support@nextuptech.com.
By default, TextAloud MP3 comes with only 1 voice. You'll want more variety of voices to help each story or document sound distinct, and to break up the sometimes monotonous tones of computer generated speech. To install more free voices, visit the NextUp.com More Voices page.
The installation is very straightforward, and if you have any problems with install, contact NextUp.com customer support at support@nextuptech.com.
By default, TextAloud MP3 comes with only 1 voice. You'll want more variety of voices to help each story or document sound distinct, and to break up the sometimes monotonous tones of computer generated speech. To install more free voices, visit the NextUp.com More Voices page.
Defining some terms
Before we get started, here are a few terms to help things make sense.
Windows Clipboard - The windows clipboard isn't a program, and almost everyone has used it, but people get confused over what it is. In almost any program on windows, if you highlight some text, you can "Copy" text using menu Edit->Copy, right-click and copy, or hitting Control-C. This text can then be pasted into any program in windows by using Edit->Paste, right-click Paste, or hitting Control-V. This text is held in the Windows Clipboard after the copy. This clipboard is used by TextAloud often, so when I reference this within the rest of the tutorial.
Articles - TextAloud calls each document, email, web page segment, or chapter of an ebook that it is going to read an article. Articles basically mean text on a single topic that you have copied in to TextAloud to be read.
Windows Clipboard - The windows clipboard isn't a program, and almost everyone has used it, but people get confused over what it is. In almost any program on windows, if you highlight some text, you can "Copy" text using menu Edit->Copy, right-click and copy, or hitting Control-C. This text can then be pasted into any program in windows by using Edit->Paste, right-click Paste, or hitting Control-V. This text is held in the Windows Clipboard after the copy. This clipboard is used by TextAloud often, so when I reference this within the rest of the tutorial.
Articles - TextAloud calls each document, email, web page segment, or chapter of an ebook that it is going to read an article. Articles basically mean text on a single topic that you have copied in to TextAloud to be read.
