Top Notch Text to Speech Software

The experts at Software Review Boffin recently added Verbose Text to Speech Software to the top of their list of text to speech converting software. In the the review the stated, "we found [Verbose] to be completely up to the job. Software Review Boffin is happy to include Verbose among our top three choices," going on to say:

"Software Review Boffin found Verbose Text to Speech Software to be a easy and straightforward text to speech converter that can read aloud or alternatively save spoken text to a users mp3 files.Verbose Text to Speech Software reads all written text onto your computers sound system and it will convert text to mp3 format and save to listen at a later time."
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Read the complete review of Verbose Text to Speech Software from Software Review Boffin, or simply download Verbose now to give the software a try and your eyes a break.

T is for Typing

NCH Software ABCs Series

Typing is a part of life. The written word is more frequently typed than penned these days and there is no turning back. We've gone from having scribes to copy documents, spending their days putting ink to paper, to having professions like medical or legal transcription that focus on typing words instead. Strong typing skills are required in many other professions as well. So it should come as no surprise that we provide typing software to help you learn how to touch type, testing your typing speed, speed up transcription and making typing more efficient. Check out all of these typing software solutions:

• KeyBlaze typing tutor software
  
• Express Scribe transcription software
  
• FastFox text expansion software
  
• Typing Speed Tester
  

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Something to Talk About

Below is a word cloud generated from our posts here on the NCH Software: Do More with Software blog. There is no real surprise that we talk a great deal about "you" and "software," but is there anything you would like us to write about and cover more in the future?

Ring Up the Sale

Managing the checkout process for your customers and your business has never been easier thanks to Copper point of sale software. Copper works like a cash register. You just add your products and prices into Copper and you're ready to start selling. When a customer purchases your products, just select them from the item list, and Copper automatically adds the appropriate sales tax, totals the sale, and generates a receipt for your customer.

From accepting multiple types of payments on one transaction to handling coupons, refunds and exchanges, Copper streamlines the entire checkout process, making it easy and convenient for you and your customers.

Coupons

If you use coupons in your promotions, add those to Copper and when a customer presents a coupon, select that during the transaction and the total is adjusted. The value of the coupon can be either a set amount or a percentage of the sale. "The problem the users have is realizing they can use a coupon to create a discount. They keep saying they want to apply some percentage discount to the total sale, and they can actually easily do this just by making an X% coupon. I�m not sure why they can�t make that connection"

Refunds

For those times when a customer returns an item for a refund, Copper has an easy way to process that refund. You can refund individual items or the entire transaction.

Reports

To help keep track of your sales, Copper provides a variety of reports that will show you the transactions for a given period, how much each of your salespeople have sold, the total taxes you've collected and more.

So if you're a retailer who needs an easy-to-use, but powerful tool to help you manage the customer checkout process, be sure to try Copper point of sale software.

Do More with Audio - Blog Carnival October 1, 2012

Here are this edition's entries to Do More with Audio:

Jon Savage presents When Songwriting Your Friends Will Lie To You posted at Songwriting Business.

Perry presents The Priceless Value of Music posted at ithuit.com, saying, "why is music the key to higher levels of consciousness? Find out!"

Dan White presents A DJ�s Guide to Audio Files and Bitrates posted at DJ Tech Tools, saying, "an article discusing the best options of digital audio files. Many DJs don�t notice a big difference in file type and bitrate until they�re blasting the track on a high-end club system and find the track just isn�t hitting hard enough. Read on to find out the best practices and how to be ready for the future."

Bernie Goldbach presents Use My Audioboo Voice for Audio Blogging posted at Inside View from Ireland, saying, "one of the biggest changes in blogging during in recent history has been the emergence of using multimedia technologies to extend thoughts to different communities, such as audio blogging."

John Paul Titlow presents How Journalists Are Using SoundCloud posted at ReadWriteWeb, saying, "musicians were the first to settle into SoundCloud, but the social audio-sharing service has been expanding in new directions and is now also a hub for radio-style journalism and commentary with an interactive twist."

Ken Theriot presents Recording Equipment Categories posted at Home Brew Audio, saying, "a handy little post that lists categories for recording gear, which could be a useful thing. Everyone knows about microphones or headphones."

kenetejumy presents The Person Who Does Audio Mastering Can Be As Important As The Original Artist posted at kenetejumy.

John PaolozziIn the Loop, a free workshop series introducing women to electronic production posted at CBC Music, saying, "there is a big gender divide in the electronic music community with men significantly outnumbering women. So we spoke with the women behind In the Loop, who have set out to challenge that divide, Christina Sealey? and Naomi Hocura to learn more."

Mickey Cheatham presents The Science of Music posted at STEAMD, saying, "a body of knowledge of music and what it is from a physical perspective and take the journey from records to tapes to CDs to whatever may be next. We can talk abut compression and expansion and tone controls and dynamic range and frequency response and timbre and color and tonal richness."

You might also be interested in:

• Music Notation Software Gains MIDI Playback
  
• WavePad App Recommended for Students
  
• Audio, Video and Telephone Recording
  
• Creating and Editing Extreme Electronic Music
  
• TempoPerfect Metronome Software is the First NCH Software Android App
  

That concludes this edition of Do More with Audio. If you have an audio story to share or advice, tips or tricks to share, we hope you will submit your audio posts and articles to the next edition.

S if for Sharing

NCH Software ABCs Series

When you record, edit and create a video it is usually not only to enjoy and relive the moments again yourself, but more often than not you want to share those videos with friends, family and a greater audience. We have shown you before how you can easily go from VideoPad to YouTube, a feature shared with PhotoStage slideshow maker and Debut video recording software. But did you know that YouTube isn't your only choice to easily share straight from your NCH video software?

Share your videos, slideshows and tutorials online with easy sharing options for uploading. Upload your videos to Facebook or Flickr in addition to YouTube to share life's moments or show your inner videographer.

• VideoPad video editor
  Share your edited clips, from baby's first steps to your first short film on YouTube, FaceBook or Flickr.
• PhotoStage slideshow creator
  Create and post slideshows made with photos from your wedding, or vacation to YouTube, FaceBook or Flickr.
• Debut screen capture and webcam software
  Make a video greeting with your webcam to post on YouTube, FaceBook or Flickr.
• Golden Videos VHS to DVD converter
  Don't stop at making a digital copy of your old home videos, upload to FaceBook to remind friends and family of those good times.

And for more ways to share don't forget you can broadcasting or stream audio and video which we talked about on L if for Live because you can share prerecorded content too.

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First NCH Software Android App

Those of you with Android devices won't want to miss our first android app, TempoPerfect, now available as a free app on Google Play. TempoPerfect is a free metronome app for musicians, providing a clear and precise beat that is also available for Windows and iPhone users, making it easy to always have a metronome on hand for reference from practicing your guitar at home to a jam session with your garage band.

This is just the beginning of our Android plans, so stay on the lookout for more apps in the coming months including the long awaited Pocket Dictate and WavePad audio editor which is popular on any platform.