ClaroRead Extras
ClaroRead's great strength has been its ease of use, comprehensive text to speech
performance, high quality voices and many modes to help reading, proofreading and
writing. In addition, the ClaroRead range has always included popular applications and utilities such Speaking Calculator, Scan to Text, ClaroView screen colour filter, ScreenRuler reading tool, Save Text to Audio and more.
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ClaroRead Extras
 For 2009 we are adding more applications and utilities (ClaroRead Extras) to enrich the toolkit available to you. We have still concentrated on Ease of Use, so many of the Extras are neatly tucked away. However, you have the peace of mind knowing that the feature is there should you need to turn it on for a particular task or assignment. Existing and future ClaroRead users can visit www.claroreadextras.com to obtain product updates, free downloads, add on products and support information or alternatively, visit our Downloads section to access a number of helpful programs to fix problems.
For more information on ClaroRead Extras, technical help, and how to get the most from your Claro products, visit our Help & FAQs section
If you would like further assistance with our Claro Extras range, or other Claro products, please visit our Contact us section.
Save to Video
 Building on the popularity of our Save to Audio feature in all versions of ClaroRead, we have now enhanced this to produce Save to Video. It is now possible to convert any text into a video with a high quality "voice over" synchronised with the text. You can change the text colour settings to your preferences and the video can be produced to suit a wide range of popular mobile devices with video screens - iPhone, iPod Touch and Nano, Nokia and Walkman phones and of course Media Player software. It is quick and easy to do, allowing you to take your documents and webpages with you on the move.
Accessible PDF Reader
 ClaroRead has always allowed PDF files to be spoken aloud, and also converted into Microsoft Word format with the PLUS edition. We wanted to give the user more options for PDF files to be spoken aloud, so we produced a standalone Accessible PDF reader, which is available as a free download for anyone. The Claro Accessible PDF Reader will convert accessible PDF Files into a web page style retaining the original format and layout or a simple text only view. You can then change any of the colour, font and spacing using the built in controls, and ClaroRead will speak back the text aloud. Click here to learn more about Accessible PDF Reader.
More Voice Choice
ClaroRead Standard V5 UK Versions includes RealSpeak Solo voices Daniel, Serena, Sangeeta, Fiona, Moira, Lee, Karen and Tom. The Plus V5 edition for the UK also contains the Cereproc voice Heather (English UK). The US Version includes RealSpeak Samantha, Jill and the RealSpeak Solo Tom (all American English). The Irish Version includes Moira, Daniel, Sangeeta, Tom and Heather.
Click on the following links to hear audio samples of the voice.
It is possible to add on any of the other RealSpeak Voices for an additional license fee - please contact us for a quote for the voice and language combination you would prefer.
To listen to all the various RealSpeak voices try the interactive demonstrator at the Nuance Web Site
So which Realspeak Solo Voices can you add-on?
Click Here To see Full Voice List
ClaroRead can be supplied with most RealSpeak voices, so please contact us to check.
Updates and Patches
Please see the downloads section on our support site for all the latest ClaroRead updates and patches and support programs.
Download the .OGG audio codec installer
Ogg Vorbis is a Free, open-source audio media format, like MP3. It's a second-generation format, like AAC or WMA, so you get better compression for less size.
Our software gives the option of saving text as Ogg Vorbis (as opposed to wav, mp3, wma) but most machines will not play it back without installing some extra software called a codec.
To help you, we've created this simple Ogg Codec installer will let you play .ogg Ogg Vorbis audio files in Windows Media Player just like MP3 and WMA files. Just download and run.
Click here to download the Ogg Vorbis Codec Installer (MSI Windows Installer file)
Get the free AMIS DAISY Reader and Save as DAISY Word 2007 add-in
DAISY Digital Talking Books combine synthesised speech, recorded speech and text in books that offer much more than plain text or audio CDs. You need a DAISY book player, and the leading free program is the AMIS DAISY reader, supportedby the DAISY Consortium.
You may also be interested in the Microsoft Word 2007 add-in "Open XML to DAISY XML Translator." This lets you turn Word 2007 documents straight into DAISY books by simply choosing "Save As" from the Word 2007 file menu.
Tips: if you save as DAISY with MP3 then the add-in uses your system default voice, so change the voice in Speech in Control Panel. And up the output quality to 44kHz for a much better-sounding voice.
(Note that you must have permission from the voice vendor if you want to redistribute DAISY books made with a particular voice, and the MP3 production uses the LAME encoder which may not be compliant with your local patent regime.) |
