NaturalReader 11
Ultimate Version (Pro + OCR)

 

The Ultimate version comes with OCR functions in addition to all the features of Professional version, and it has 6 natural-sounding voices.

What is OCR?

Optical character recognition (OCR) works with your scanner to convert printed characters into digital text, which allows you to listen to it on your computer or edit it in a word-processing program.

Why is NaturalReader’s OCR powerful?

• No more retyping

Convert PDF file or paper documents into your own audio book in one step

• Edit text

Edit scanned text with a word-processing program of your choice

• Accessibility

Convert words on digital photos into audio files

 

Other Main Features

6 naturally sounding voices included
Ultimate version has 6 natural-sounding voices for your choice.

Text-to-speech
It can convert any written text such as Microsoft Word, webpages, PDF files, and E-mails into spoken words.

Convert to MP3
It can convert any written text such as Microsoft Word, webpages, PDF files, and E-mails into spoken words.

Audio Editor
Displays a wave-form image of audios and allows cutting, copying, pasting, and inserting other various audio files and background music.

Batch File Converter
Converts a large number of text files into audio files simultaneously.

MP3/WAV File Converter
Converts single or multiple MP3 files to WAV files or vice versa.

Conversation Control
Allows for voice changes and pauses within a single text by inserting speaker tags and pause tags. It sounds just like a real conversation between multiple people.

Floating bar
FloatingBar

Floating bar offers another option for you to listen to text on your original web or file page.

Change reading voices and adjust speed
A speaker menu and speed control slider is available.

Add-In Toolbar
Integrate convenient add-in toolbars into MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Internet Explore and Firefox. This offers a simple way of reading text directly on the page.

One-Click technology
You don’t have to copy and past text as with other text-to-speech softwares. Just select any text and press one hot key, and our software will read it to you.

OCR Samples
 

1. Sample of scanned book: Pride and Prejudice

Original book picture Recognized text Audio file
 

2. Digital ebooks: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Original book picture Recognized text Audio file
 

3. Pictures taken by digital camera: History book

Original book picture Recognized text Audio file
 

4. Pictures taken by a cell phone: Darwin

Original book picture Recognized text Audio file
 

System requirement:

Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/Win 7/Win 8
Processor: 800Mhz
Memory: 256 MB (512 recommended)
Free Disk Space: 1GB