| Balabolka, version 2.15.0.872 | |
| Copyright (c) 2006-2024 Ilya Morozov | |
| All Rights Reserved | |
| WWW: https://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm | |
| E-mail: [email protected] | |
| Licence: Freeware | |
| Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11 | |
| Microsoft Speech API: v4.0/5.0 and above | |
| Microsoft Speech Platform: v11.0 | |
| *** Installation *** | |
| If you received this version of Balabolka in a ZIP file (for example, BALABOLKA.ZIP), you can install it as follows: | |
| 1 Unzip file to the TEMP directory | |
| 2 Select Run from the Taskbar Start menu | |
| 3 Type the full name of the file (for example, C:\TEMP\SETUP.EXE) | |
| 4 Press the Enter key, and follow the prompts | |
| To install Balabolka in silent mode without dialogs you may use a silent installation. | |
| A silent installation and deinstallation is available by using "-silent" command-line switch. | |
| *** Text-To-Speech Engines *** | |
| Balabolka uses a Text-To-Speech (TTS) engine to read text files. | |
| If you have a speech engine installed, you will see a list of available voices in the main window of Balabolka. | |
| The program supports both SAPI 4 and SAPI 5 text-to-speech engines. | |
| SAPI 4 is an obsolete technology, so I recommend to use SAPI 5. | |
| If you are interested in some higher quality voices, please find more information in the help file of Balabolka. | |
| *** Microsoft Speech Platform *** | |
| The Microsoft Speech Platform consists of a Runtime and Runtime Languages (engines for speech recognition and text-to-speech). | |
| There are separate Runtime Languages for speech recognition and speech synthesis. | |
| https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh361572.aspx | |
| Use the following steps to install the Microsoft Speech Platform: | |
| 1 Uninstall any previous version of the Speech Platform Runtime from your computer. | |
| 2 Determine whether you are using a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system. | |
| 3 Download and install the Speech Platform Runtime that matches your operating system. | |
| 4 Download and install Runtime Languages for use with the Speech Platform. | |
| Balabolka is the 32-bit application. You need to install the 32-bit Runtime package for Microsoft Speech Platform, to use it in Balabolka. | |
| *** Donation *** | |
| If you want to help Balabolka, purchase my software Cross+A: | |
| https://www.cross-plus-a.com | |
| As long as people pay money for Cross+A, Balabolka will remain freeware. | |
| Thank you! | |
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