Free speech topics software for mac

Requirements:
Apples Speech Recognition Manager 1.5 or later.

Requirements:
PowerPC, Apple Plaintalk Speech Recognition.

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:

1. Speaks the text message in the assigned voice.
2. Speaks messages in the order recieved.
3. The user can pause, un-pause, or stop speaking the messages.
4. Text Service for Speech Queue to allow text from other Cocoa applications to be spoken.
5. Applescript support allows scripts to speak text without worrying about having the script pause until it is done speaking.
6. User defined voices can set custom voice name, rate, pitch, modulation, and volume.

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:

1. It is pretty much a "hands off" operation
2. It'll use your preferred voice, chosen in System preferences.
   
3. It'll use your preferred MP3 encoding rate, chosen in iTunes.
4. Make podcasts of blogs or other web pages.
5. Make your own "audio books" from downloadable free e-texts of books.
6. Create sound files saying every track in a playlist, so you can get a DJ on your iPod.

Displays recent messages from an ezboard (http://www.ezboard.com/) or Yuku (http://www.yuku.com/) message board. The following columns are displayed:
- Topic
- Number of Replies
- Number of Views (for message boards that display this information)
- Last Comment By (aka Last Post By)
- Last Comment Time (aka Last Post Time)
- Topic Starter (aka Started By)
The following options can be configured via the Preferences window:
- URL of the message board
- Number of recent topics displayed
- Columns displayed
- Colors
- Fonts
- Background and logo opacity
- Color for the background rows/logos (light pink, light blue, dark blue)
- "Colorize" settings for the rows. The "colorize" settings for the header row will also be applied to the logo graphic.
- Login and password
Clicking on a topic title will take you to the last page of replies to that topic.
Logo position and size are configurable. The logo can be placed at any of the corners, allowing you to align the widget against any edge of the screen.
Double-click the logo to minimize or expand the message list. You may also click on the minus and plus images to minimize or expand the message list.
Double-click the title to go to the url of the message board. You may also visit the message board via the context menu.
If you would like to see the "Last Updated" time just hover the cursor over the logo.
System requirements:
- Yahoo! Widget Engine

Speech and Debate Timekeeper is a collection of two multi-platform timers for all speech and debate events.
One is a debate timer with speech order and time limits preprogrammed for Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, Parliamentary, Public Forum, and miscellaneous debate formats. It also tracks prep time for both sides. The other timer was created for individual events. All time limits are user adjustable.
These timers give visual and/or vocal time signals at user defined intervals so that you will never have to give manual time signals or frequently look at the time. At the end of each speech, cross-examination, or preparation, the timer automatically sets itself to time the next thing that needs timing at the push of a button.
No stopwatch or general purpose timer comes this close to fulfilling the role of a dedicated human timekeeper in a debate round.
Main features:
- Simple stopwatch style interface simultaneously shows time elapsed and remaining. Buttons are large so that they can be finger pressed on PDAs.
- Visual time signals on a color coded background indicating minutes or seconds remaining.
- Spoken time signals or tones, including protected minute alerts for points of information in constructive speeches of Parliamentary debates.
- Tracks speech order and prep times. Default time limits are set according to the selected event and are adjustable.
- The name of the speech or task being timed is displayed in the title of the window.
- Navigational buttons set the timer to time the previous or next task.
- High contrast display setting with black text on a white background.
- Context sensitive help screens are available from drop down menus.