Balabolka, version 2.10.0.

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Copyright (c) 2006-2014 Ilya Morozov
All Rights Reserved
WWW: http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm
E-mail: crossa@list.ru
Licence: Freeware
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Speech API: 4.0/5.0 and above
Microsoft Speech Platform
*** Installation ***
If you received this version of Balabolka in a ZIP file
(for example, BALABOLKA.ZIP), you can install it as follows:
1 Unzip file to the TEMP directory
2 Select Run from the Taskbar Start menu
3 Type the full name of the file (for example, C:\TEMP\SETUP.EXE)
4 Press the Enter key, and follow the prompts
To install Balabolka in silent mode without dialogs you may use a silent ins
tallation.
A silent installation is available by using "-silent" command-line switch.
*** Text To Speech Engines ***
Balabolka uses a Text-To-Speech (TTS) engine to read text files.
If you do not currently have a TTS engine, you can download one
for free from Microsoft web-site:
http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/downloads/user.aspx
If you have a TTS installed you will see a list of available
voices in the main window of Balabolka.
The program supports both SAPI 4 and SAPI 5 Text-To-Speech
Engines. SAPI 4 is an older technology, so I recommend the using
of SAPI 5.
To use SAPI 4 you need to install spchapi.exe:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/speechSDK/Install/4.0a/WIN98/EN-US/sp
chapi.EXE
If you are interested in some higher quality voices, please see
the help file of Balabolka.
*** Microsoft Speech Platform ***
The Microsoft Speech Platform consists of a Runtime and Runtime Languages
(engines for speech recognition and text-to-speech). There are separate Runt
ime
Languages for speech recognition and speech synthesis.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh361572.aspx
Use the following steps to install the Microsoft Speech Platform:
1 Uninstall any previous version of the Speech Platform Runtime from your com
puter.
2 Determine whether you are using a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.
3 Download and install the Speech Platform Runtime that matches your operatin
g system.
4 Download and install Runtime Languages for use with the Speech Platform.
*** Donation ***
If you want to help Balabolka - buy my program Cross+A:
http://www.cross-plus-a.com
As long as people pay money for Cross+A, Balabolka will remain freeware.
Thank you!
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