is there any free software out there that i can use to speak into a microphone and turn the words into text.?
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Microsoft windows xp and 2000 had a built in program that does that for you. Click Start>then click Control Panel> click on Speech icon and follow the prompts. Good luck!
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Free Mp3 Recorder is free\n\nhttp://www.wordaddin.com/mp3recorder/
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download a freeware program called verbot 4 by conversive at http://www.verbots.com.  It uses MS agents but if you want your computer to speak the text in your PC, download TextAloud MP3 from http://www.nextup.com.
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I'm not aware of anywhere on the internet that does that, but there are a number of options that will basically do what you are looking for.  Particularly there is software that will do it for you, such as MacMinute and many others.  There is a pen with a laser light that you can pass over the printed word and it will say the word.  \n\nApparently Microsoft has free Text to Speech software.  I think the Franklin company makes a device that will do it.  If you can talk to a special educaton teacher you can probably get lots of information.  There are probably a number of other options in this type of technology.
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No, there is no free software to do that. The thought of such software existing makes me laugh inside... although I might be able to program it. Good idea, I'll use it.
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go to google.com and type "speech recognition software". Try this:\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-18,GGLG:en&q=speech+recognition+software
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Yes.  You should use e-Speaking Voice and Speech Recognition Software.  This software includes both text to speech as well as speech to text.  It is based on the Microsoft Speech engine which may be downloaded to your computer at no cost.  The "natural" sounding voices, however, are offered by NeoSpeech.com and they aren't exactly free.  \n\ne-Speaking is shareware and at $14 is pretty close to being free.  Download it and give it a try for 30 days.\n\nCheck out the video at YouTube:\n  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYu6_cNRCD4
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try this free site which will give you sentences and words pronounced, but you won't be able to choose your own words unless you upgrade and pay.
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Audacity is free and very good: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ \n\nI use this for editing MP3s and making podcasts etc.
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http://www.litexmedia.com/wma_workshop/\n\nI had the same question a month ago, and the program suggested in the best answer really worked out for me. You can convert anything to and fro with this software. It has a foolproof interface, though it is just a 30-day long free trial version.
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READPLEASE is the best TTS software\ndownload it at \n \nwww.READPLEASE.com
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the best freeware audio editor \n\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/\n\nyou can do that , it's easy\n\ngood luck
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try creative media source...u can convert mp3 to wav n vice versa...its good it can do lotta conversion stuff
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You can use Audicity. Its an open source sound editing tool.\n\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net
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free and easy : Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_windows\nbest and professional : Adobe audition
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Try audacity.  It's a free program.  \nDon't bother paying for a program to edit audio, when you can easily find quality freeware that will do the job just as well as a program that you pay $30 for.\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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Try audacity. It's free and can do what you need. Great program!