I created an applet that I can access from my system tray -- whatever text may be highlighted in any other app If I right-click from system tray and 'play' the text is read back via SAPI.
If you'd like to try --download and follow these instructions:
1) Download TTSAnyAppTray_SE.exe to Desktop or Documents folder:
http://►.ttsanyapp.operaunite.com/file_sharing_5/
2) Run TTSAnyAppTray_SE.exe to extract the software
(must be done as Administrator). This creates a folder
called MyItzyBits under same folder as downloaded to in step 1.
3) Double click ..\MyItzyBits\TTSAnyAppTray.exe
4) Highlight some text in most any application
5) Click the '►' icon in your system tray and 'Play' from that
context menu.
TTSAnyAppTray.exe has additional options:
ReadBrackets ~ check to read numeric footnote, e.g., [1] - default behavior is to not read these type items.
ReadParens ~ check to read numerics found inside parens, e.g., Robert Louis Stevenson(1850-1898) default behavior is to not read these type items.
Phonetics ~ click to open a window which stores ~ saves a list of phonetics "swaps", for example "WAR I=WAR ONE, etc.
TTSAnyAppTray by Michael T. Bee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://ttsanyapp.blogspot.com/.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at mailto:ttsanyapp@gmail.com.
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Note: If you want to download additional~updated phonetics files -- download to same directory as to which you downloaded software and extracted (step 2)
