captcha speech
JCaptcha 1.0
Ope source Java implementation of the Captcha project more>> JCaptcha 1.0 gives an effective utility which is Java Completely Automated Public Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. It is an open source java framework for CAPTCHA integration and definition.
A CAPTCHA is a program that can generate and grade tests that: Most humans can pass. Current computer programs can't pass.
Major Features:
- Captcha implementations
- Text : Captcha with Text challenges
- Image : Captcha with Image challenges
- Sound : Captcha with Sound challenges
- Standardized layer
- Service : Used by client applications to expose Captchas Challenge and validate the response in an easy way
- Engine : Used internally by Services in order to provide new captchas
- Some useful components
- Generators (Random or specialized)
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- Background
- Color
- Word
- Font
- Image deformation
- Text Paster
- Sound Configurator
- Word Decorator
Enhancements:
- Typo error in Image Captcha Engine and Sound Captcha Engine
- Twisted And Sheared Random Font Generator only applies Shear
- Frequent Captcha Exceptions ("word is too tall") during captcha generation
- File Reader Random Background Generator doesn't work properly with JPGs embedded in JAR files
- Instanciar Default Manageable Sound Captcha Service
- Forgot to negate is Assignable From condition.
- Error while unserializing Image Captcha object in Java 1.6
- java.lang.No Such Method Error
- JCaptcha does not work in a clustered environment
- File Reader Random Background Generator should not stop search to the first resource if it is a jar file entry
- NPE in Buffered Engine Container
- Assertion failed: p != NULL, file ../../../src/share/native/sun/awt/font/t2k/t1.c, line 1974
- Typo in user-interface string com.octo.captcha.image.fisheye.FishEye
- Free TTS Word To Sound is not deal locating Voices thus causing memory leakage
- Unexpected symbols (trains, ships,...) in the captcha
- File Reader Random Background Generator should URL-decode the result of url.get File Improvement
- Add sound and image controllers for spring
- TextPaster that rotates characters randomly 360 degrees
- Clean dependencies and create extension modules for EHCache and Buffered Engine Task
- Merge projects
- Update group in project.xml
- Review PMD reports and resolve violations
Achim's OE5 Speech 1.0
This new sound set for Outlook Express 5 Mac Edition replaces Microsofts predefined, abstract audio signals (for sending, receiving etc.) with more informative, natural human speech (English) more>> <<less
Java Speech API 0.1
A wrapper for vendors to simplify usage of the Java Speech API more>> A wrapper for vendors to simplify usage of the Java Speech API
Java Speech API is a wrapper for vendors to simplify usage of the Java Speech API (JSR 113). Note that the spec is an untested early access and that there may be changes in the API.
Enhancements
- First release of a base layer for sphinx4 and FreeTTS.
TextEdit2Speech 0.1
TextEdit2Speech - type something in textedit and launch TextEdit2Speech more>>
You can also launch the app now and it will read whats written in TextEdit.
Speech Prompter
Professional prompting system. more>>
Developed in collaboration with TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL a non profit organization the worlds leader in improving speech making and lecturingskills.
Includes both Scrolling Speech and Outline modes of speech or lecturepresentation. Advanced graphic presentation capabilities slides & movies ahead oftodays laptop technology will not become obsolete for many years.
Apple Speech Recognition 1.5.4
Control your PowerPC with voice commands. more>>

TextSpeech Pro 3.4.4
Easy to use application that will allow your Mac to read text using natural sounding voices. more>>
Major Features:
- Built on the latest text to speech technology
- Synthesize text-to-speech from any document format (text, Microsoft Word, PDF, Microsoft Excel, RTF, etc) using a variety of voices and languages
- Read web pages using integrated text-to-speech tools
- Export the synthesized speech from documents to a variety of audio file formats in three modes (quick, normal and batch)
- Create and modify conversations, bookmarks and pauses (silence breaks) in a document using an advanced text-to-speech editor
- Modify speech properties (voice, speed, volume, pitch, word highlighting) and speech entities (bookmarks, conversations, pauses) on the fly
- Extract text from scanned documents and convert it to speech or audio files
- Create custom pronunciations using a universal correction system
- Save the created documents with all specified voice settings and entities (voice type, pitch, speed, volume, bookmarks, conversations, pauses, word highlighting) for future use
- Pause, resume or stop the speaking voice
- Tune the speech output using standard XML tags
- Use a fully featured document editor with many text processing features (text manipulation, spell checker, print and print preview, find and replace, go to line..., customizable fonts, zoom capabilities, and document properties view)
- Mark copied text to be automatically transferred and converted to speech
- Access previously used documents from a high-capacity document history
- Utilize a rich and fully configurable user interface (UI) equipped with customizable window docks, toolbars, a multi-tabbed document interface and a layout-saving framework
- Web integration improved.
- Language support improved.
License:Freeware
Speech Queue 1.0
Speech Queue is a professional and smart Apple Scriptable utility and text service to speak text with customizable voices using Apples Text-To-Speak. more>>
Speech Queue 1.0 is a professional and smart Apple Scriptable utility and text service to speak text with customizable voices using Apple's Text-To-Speak.
Major Features:
- Speaks the text message in the assigned voice.
- Speaks messages in the order recieved.
- The user can pause, un-pause, or stop speaking the messages.
- Text Service for Speech Queue to allow text from other Cocoa applications to be spoken.
- Applescript support allows scripts to speak text without worrying about having the script pause until it is done speaking.
- User defined voices can set custom voice name, rate, pitch, modulation, and volume.
Speech Toggle 0.6
Speech Toggle - toggle Apples speech recognition (Speakable Items) on and off more>>
The software doesnt require an installer; just copy it to your Applications folder and launch. To set it to auto-launch, add it to the Login Items in the Accounts pane of your System Preferences.
Also, check out our speech webpage for more tips and information.
Main features:
- Free!
- Icon grays out when speech recognition is off.
- Option to open speech preferences.
- Turn speakable items on and off.
- Written with Cocoa - native to Mac OS X.
- Universal binary - Intel, PPC native.
Speech Typer 1.0.4
Speech Typer is a new and innovative use of Apples Speech Recognition technology. Up to now, Apples Speech Recognition technology has been used just to make commands more>> Speech Typer is a new and innovative use of Apples Speech Recognition technology. Up to now, Apples Speech Recognition technology has been used just to make commands. While this has been useful, it does very little to help users to get data into their computer. Speech Typer has been written to solve that problem by typing any predefined phrase into any application you may be using. While Speech Typer does not make your Mac a full fledged dictation machine, it does allow you to "type" commonly used words and phrases just by saying them.
Apples Speech Recognition Manager 1.5 or later.
Speech Queue X 1.0
Apple Scriptable text-to-speech utility. more>>
Master Spell 5.1.2
Master Spell offers you a powerful language tool that administers spelling drills using audio recordings and the Macs Plaintalk Text-to-Speech and features 3,690 words for all levels more>>
Master Spell 5.1.2 offers you a powerful language tool that administers spelling drills using audio recordings and the Mac's Plaintalk Text-to-Speech and features 3,690 words for all levels, Dolch Lists, preview presentation, a built-in Test Editor with voice recorder and many network options for school use.
MacChat 1.0.1
MacChat - Chat with your computer more>>
It answers using your Macintosh Text-to-Speech extensions in dialogs and in speech.
MacChat requires System 7.6 or higher, AppleScript and Macintosh Text-To-Speech. (All Speech software recommended! Voices extension folder has to be installed and active.)

CK's Text-to-Speech to MP3 0.93
CKs Text-to-Speech to MP3 is created to make your life more comfortable. more>>
CK's Text-to-Speech to MP3 0.93 is created to make your life more comfortable.
This package includes several applications:- Safari Selection to MP3 File
Just select some text in Safari, then run this program to make an MP3 file. - Clipboard to MP3 File
Select text in any application, copy it, then run this program to convert it to an MP3 file. - Drag-n-Drop-Text to AIFF
Drag text files and convert them to AIFF files spoken by MacinTalk. - TextEdit to MP3
Converts whatever is in TextEdit to an MP3 file spoken by MacinTalk. - TextEdit to AIFF
Converts whatever is in TextEdit to an AIFF file spoken by MacinTalk. - DJ Track Names to AIFF
Gives your iPod or iTunes a DJ announcing tunes and artists.
Major Features:
- It is pretty much a "hands off" operation
- It'll use your preferred voice, chosen in System preferences.
- It'll use your preferred MP3 encoding rate, chosen in iTunes.
- Make podcasts of blogs or other web pages.
- Make your own "audio books" from downloadable free e-texts of books.
- Create sound files saying every track in a playlist, so you can get a DJ on your iPod.
Vox Machina 1.1
Vox Machina - Speech synthesizer which can save speech as mp3 or aiff more>>
Vox Machina also sports a lip-syncing feature where the relevant lip and mouth movements corresponding to spoken phonemes are displayed with a series of images.