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Spoken and other sound output

Modern technology uses speech and other sounds to convey a great deal of information. These accommodations make that information available to those who cannot hear.
Screenshot of a text input window to playback a voice showing a series of cascading menus on the left and an image of the person's voice in the upper right.

A free text to speech (TTS) program with integrated automatic speech recognition (ASR) functionality. Through voice commands, it is able to to read aloud the written text and choose the sentences to be pronounced.

Dictus logo showing a stylized speech bubble on a dark purple background followed by the company name.

Sara is a reading voice that can be used for Dictus's echo function where she repeats what is written with Dictus, helpful for the visually impaired, blind or dyslexic who cannot check with their eyes what is written on the screen.  "She" can also be used as an additional voice for the reading program.

Orca

A free, open source, extensible screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via user-customizable combinations of speech and/or braille.

SpeakComputer text entry box with toolbar and menu options above.

A suite of TTS text readers. The software is comprised of 6 separate text-to-speech readers and a text-to-speech parental control package.

A white screen with files in black text.

Passa Planes allows the visualization and reading of books through a keyboard that works by automatic scanning and activation by a switch. It can also be activated by a sound picked up by a microphone. 

Software screen with various operating options.

A program that aims to facilitate navigation on the Internet to visually impaired and / or motor disabled. It has been designed so that it can be fully controlled with the keyboard and read the content of the pages.

Options tab showing action list.

Lectura de Textos 3 is a text-to-speech program that remains on the screen in order to read the contents of the editing window that is active. It also allows users to read any text copied to the program window.

COBRA 11 software packing, including two red and white branded discs with packaging, both of which spell out COBRA in braille.

Software that simplifies working with Windows 7, 8 and 10, Vista or Windows XP for computer users who are blind or visually impaired. It provides important information from the computer screen in speech, braille, or magnified form.

A white and dark orange striped banner with a speaker phone icon on the left and the company name across the banner.

Adgangforalle.dk is a free, Danish language, remote control software for those who are word blind or who have difficulty reading. The software reads aloud any text in an e-mail, word processor, or on a website.

Orato

A text to speech software. Copy text to a clipboard to have it read out to you in a separate viewing pane with customiseable fonts, colours and word tracking.