2nd Speech Center
Converts any text into spoken words or MP3/WAVE audio files! 2nd Speech Center is an award-winning text-to-speech player that lets you listen to documents, e-mails or web pages instead of reading on screen. In addition to text, 2nd Speech Center also allows you to convert text to MP3 or WAVE files for listening later with your portable MP3 player.
2nd Speech Center can directly open Plain Text files (.txt), Microsoft Word files (.doc), PDF files (.pdf), EMail files (.eml), Rich Text files (.rtf), HTML files. For Microsoft Internet Explorer users, 2nd Speech Center supplies a handy toolbar plug-in for Internet Explorer. 2nd Speech Center supports dozens of male, female and robotic voices for over 11 languages. 2nd Speech Center can monitor the Windows Clipboard and automatically process its contents. This feature makes it easy to read web pages, e-mail messages, documents and much more.
Additionally, 2nd Speech Center is integrated with many useful and timesaving features, such as talking alarm clock, talking reminder and powerful command lines for advanced users. And don't worry, the intuitive VCR style user interface is very easy to use.
CD Catalog Expert
CD Catalog Expert is a cataloging tool for organizing all kinds of your media collection, including files, folders, CD/DVDs, Movies, MP3s, hard disks, network drives and multifarious removable disks, etc. It helps you to easily view and find all necessary files, folders and disks without inserting any disc. Easy to use and familiar Explorer-like user interface with reasonable default settings allows beginners start their cataloguing at once. And power users may use advanced features and options to do more. The hierarchical categories, descriptions for every file, folder or disc, extensive search capabilities, combined with powerful report generator and convenient favorites manager, all that should bring you the ultimate tool to handle your media collection.
Akala EXE Lock
Akala EXE Lock can protect any executable file from non-authorized execution. It asks each time the program is loaded the password you have set. Akala EXE Lock is great for keeping people out of your personal stuff (locking Quicken so your kids can't snoop through your bank accounts) and for preventing unauthorized use of programs they weren't meant to touch. For example games on your computer or PIMS, etc.
Ace Buddy
Free your eyes! Ace Buddy can read any text for you. Ace Buddy is a speech utility based on Microsoft Agent technology. Ace Buddy can read any text in any window: simply select the text you want to be read and press Ctrl+C. Of course, it can also play plain text files. Ace Buddy has a familiar winamp-style user interface, so it's very easy to use. Further more, there are dozens of voices, characters can be selected!
