SayPad, the freeware talking text editor can read you a good book or help you write one, using SAPI 5.1 Text To Speech (included). It can convert Text to MP3 for a whole book in one run, splitting off chapters into well named MP3 files. You can fit huge files into it like the whole Bible for instance, (In fact it has a filter you can turn on that skips over verse numbers to let you hear it like a story.) Say Pad is a keyboard driven talking text editor. Most of the controls are similar to any notepad. There are minor differences. It has some audio commands, such as hear block, and line read, and can read to you like a story. It lets you set the start and end of the selection block but if you move your position while the shift key is down, it will make the new block to be what you have just painted. I know of no upper limit to how much text it can hold. You can control how it automatically handles spacing when you cut and paste by using the auto spacing feature of the menu. If you want to hear something spelled out, turn on spelling. It can burn MP3 file sets or Wave file sets. All user dialog is spoken.
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BumpUp.exe quadruples the size of a wave file, making it sound four times lower. This allows you to hear the super high frequency content in your music and work with it. When you are done filtering it you can then run BumpDown to return your masterpiece to its original speed. Desnap eliminates loud unwanted clicks from digital music without sacrificing any brilliance. This is not a filter. It scans wave files for snap events and fixes them.
FixMP3 converts a directory full of sound files into MP3 files that you can play in your DVD Player. Many home DVD Players require particular MP3 format for MP3 CDs. This little utility converts your MP3 or Wave files into the needed format to satisfy many home DVD Players.