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<< Is it possible to transpose audio files such as .WAV or MP3, into text? Is
 there technology that can do this? This is to assist HI students with the
 sound content from videos.
 Regards
 Ken Botwright
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There's textaloud to turn text into MP3 but the only thing I could find to
transfer MP3 into text was
Text Recordster v1.5...
Shareware versions for XP and 98 are available from the site - would love to
know if it works if anyone tries it .....
Mick Trott
Details from the www.recordster.com website are:

  Released v1.4 as shareware 12.27.2002. Revised to v1.5 01.29.2003 - limit
text input field to 12,500 characters required for SAPI 5.1 to operate
properly.
 Text Recordster v1.5 is a software application that not only has the option
to speak the content of the clipboard, loaded text file or the software's
text field but also has options to convert the text into a .wav or .mp3
formatted sound file via one click!

We have found that this software is not only fun to have on your system but
also has some other values not immediately realized. It has been very useful
for persons that have a hard time reading written English but can understand
the "spoken" word. After writing a letter, school paper, or any other
document; just sit back to have it spoken, via a click. This procedure helps
in targeting revisions that may be needed to your document, as the "spoken
word" sometimes comes across differently then the "written word". It has also
been reported that this application is of great benefit to children or
persons with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) which we are particularly happy
about.

Features included within the application are as follows:

options to speak (text 2 speech), pause, resume, reset the text in the text
field.
highlights the text as it is being spoken.
options to convert the loaded text to a .wav file or a .mp3 file.
option to speak/ play .wav file or .mp3 files.
options to load text file into text field, load clipboard text, input text
manually, print text field, save loaded text to file.
has an automatic spell checker feature along with an option to spell check
all loaded text at once.
options to set the back color, text color and font size of the text field.
option to set the audio format (i.e. 22kHz 16Bit Stereo, etc...)
option to select what text-2-speech engine voice (3 included with setup)
option to set the speed of the speech. This setting also is used when
recording the text to .mp3 or .wav file.
option to set the volume of the speech.
wav to mp3 file conversion utility.
fully functional mp3 player
attractively "skinned" or select to have no skin loaded.