Panopreter Usage

  Panopreter supports 2 types of reading, the first type is "Read file" which is the default, the other is "Instant Speak", which speaks the text you have typed or pasted into the edit window.

1. First select the speech mode by clicking the corresponding radio button.
   
   
2. If you have selected the "Read file" mode, you can click the "Add", "Delete", "Reset" buttons to arrange the text file or word document. Multiple files which are in same language can be selected. In the other "Instant Speak" mode, just type or paste some text into the edit window.
   
   
3. Then select the language from the language list window, the language you select must be the same as that of the file or the text in the edit window, otherwise the speech will not be what you want to hear.
   
   
4. After the selection of the language, all available text-to-speech voice engines for the selected language installed on the computer are shown in the voice window, you can select one from these voices. The highlighted one is recommended by the Windows OS by comparing their acoustic specifications.
   
   
5. Click the "Speak" button to begin, the "Pause", "Resume", "Stop" button can work then.
   
   
6. If you want to get the Wave and MP3 file for the files, click the "Save to audio" button. you need to assure that the free space for saving the audio files is large enough for this operation, approximately, 1 minute of speech need 3M disk space.
   
   

You may also customize the operation by click the menu "Tools->Options".

Or you may refer to the FAQ of Panopreter.