Mariner Software Narrator for Mac Prices

Narrator from Mariner Software is a collection of tools that enables you to take text to speech. Using the rich voices already in the Mac OS X system Narrator allows you to paste your text into the Window or import an RTF .txt or .doc file into Narrator and your letter story - any text - is brought to life using voice synthesis. You can choose different voices rates pitches inflections and volumes for each character you assign giving your text a wide range of expressiveness. There are also silent read-along options for stage directions or for you to read out your own parts. and if you need more characters you can get additional voices and in several languages. Add One or Many Voices - Choose one voice or many voices to read out your added text. Customize Each Voice - Adjust the speed pitch volume and inflection for each voice. Listen on iTunes - Export to iTunes or an AAC file to listen on your iPhone iPad or iPod. Use with a Script or a Novel - Break up larger works into multiple characters and multiple chapters. Control Your Text - Control how your text looks. Set line height and paragraph spacing and more. Substitute Words - Fine tune pronunciations or substitute words or phrases using the Dictionary PReference. Add More Voices - Add more high definition voices through partner companies.

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Narrator is a collection of tools that enables you to take text to speech. Using the rich voices already in the Mac OS X system, Narrator allows you to paste your text into the window or importan RTF, .txt or .doc file into Narrator and your letter, story any text is brought to life using voice synthesis. You can choose different voices, rates, pitches, inflections and volumes for each character you assign, giving your text a wide range of expressiveness. There are also silent read-along options for stage directions or for you to read out your own parts. And if you need more characters, you can get additional voices and in several languages.

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The Mac OS X uses great voice synthesis, but let’s face it, it’s limited. You can’t necessarily assign voices to your text and, if you wanted to hear what different folks have to say - like in a group or a meeting, well, that’s really limited too.Narrator changes all of that.Bring words to life!It’s simple, really. Just paste your text into the window or import an RTF, .txt or .doc file into Narrator and your letter, story - any text - is brought to life using voice synthesis. You can choose different voices, rates, pitches, inflections and volumes for each character you assign, giving your text a wide range of expressiveness. There are also silent read-along options for stage directions or for you to read out your own parts. And if you need more characters, you can get additional voices and in several languages. Just visit our partner, Cepstral to audition more actors.Not just story-tellingNarrator has its professional uses. That business letter you’re ready to send to a prospective customer? Have Narrator read it out for you - you’ll know right away if what you wrote is what you want to have read. That big meeting where you took a lot of notes? Assign characters to each participant and listen again so you don’t miss anything.Listening made easyYou can also export speech directly to iTunes, where you can listen to it over and over, or sync it to your iPad, iPod or iPhone. This enables you to create your own audiobooks from text - for example, take a work of classic literature from Project Gutenberg, assign characters to the story and export to iTunes. There is also an export option for AAC sound files for use with other sound playing software, for example, using as a soundtrack in iMovie or as a screencast voiceover.A product that likes to learnTo help you improve the pronunciation of tricky words, Narrator includes Dictionary preferences. You enter a list of words to look for, and words or phrases to use instead when speaking. You can replace an acronym or symbol with a more elegant phrasing or spell words differently so they are pronounced correctly.

The Mac OS X uses great voice synthesis, but let’s face it, it’s limited. You can’t necessarily assign voices to your text and, if you wanted to hear what different folks have to say - like in a group or a meeting, well, that’s really limited too.Narrator changes all of that.Bring words to life!It’s simple, really. Just paste your text into the window or import an RTF, .txt or .doc file into Narrator and your letter, story - any text - is brought to life using voice synthesis. You can choose different voices, rates, pitches, inflections and volumes for each character you assign, giving your text a wide range of expressiveness. There are also silent read-along options for stage directions or for you to read out your own parts. And if you need more characters, you can get additional voices and in several languages. Just visit our partner, Cepstral to audition more actors.Not just story-tellingNarrator has its professional uses. That business letter you’re ready to send to a prospective customer? Have Narrator read it out for you - you’ll know right away if what you wrote is what you want to have read. That big meeting where you took a lot of notes? Assign characters to each participant and listen again so you don’t miss anything.Listening made easyYou can also export speech directly to iTunes, where you can listen to it over and over, or sync it to your iPad, iPod or iPhone. This enables you to create your own audiobooks from text - for example, take a work of classic literature from Project Gutenberg, assign characters to the story and export to iTunes. There is also an export option for AAC sound files for use with other sound playing software, for example, using as a soundtrack in iMovie or as a screencast voiceover.A product that likes to learnTo help you improve the pronunciation of tricky words, Narrator includes Dictionary preferences. You enter a list of words to look for, and words or phrases to use instead when speaking. You can replace an acronym or symbol with a more elegant phrasing or spell words differently so they are pronounced correctly.