text to speech trial software / shareware for mac

Adobe Illustrator Text plug-ins with 2 important functions: restore flowable text boxes, and to be able to apply tab leadering in Adobe Illustrator (version 8 and higher).

The Text Restore function will turn out to be very useful when you are working on files in Adobe Illustrator that were originated in another applications, and that were converted to Illustrator over EPS or PDF: one of the problems resulting from such a workflow is that all (flowable) text boxes in the original applications are converted to a set of text objects in Illustrator, therefore limiting the editability, or making editing this text cumbersome and expensive.

The Text Restore tool does not change the fact that text is converted to point text on import, but it gives you the ability to restore paragraphs from a collection of point text items.

The Tab Leader function finally allows uses to simply create ingredient and food menu text boxes where you dont need white space between the items, but a line of dots ...

Requirements:
PowerPC, MacOS 8.1 or later.

Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

SoftCares Plug-in Text-O-Meter for Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy gives you complete control over text length and text overset, enabling you to count, display, edit and print overset text.

Text-O-Meter calculates text length by number of characters and number of lines in an accessible floating palette. The Text-O-Meter palette remains open while editing, allowing you to monitor text development as you write.

You can measure the length of text in the current selection, text frame or text flow, and see values for the text that fits in the text frames as well as for overset text, separately. In addition, the number of manuscript lines is calculated.

Master Spell administers spelling drills using 3,600 included words and sentences spoken with a real voice and supplemental guidance using the Macs Text-to-Speech.
Parents and teachers can record their own words and sentences.
The full version includes 3,600 recorded words with definitions or example sentences with words for 1st Grade all the way to those commonly misspelled and difficult words for adults. The 1st through 5th Grade is divided into Dolch lists with core words for each grade level.
Reinforcement is done by short-term memory by previewing words before drilling and retrying for half-credit. Achieving mastery gives the student a goal with a progress bar and a certificate printout once accomplished.
Corrections are spelled visibly and audibly. A running list of trouble words can be reviewed, integrated with drills, saved as tests, and printed.
It includes a test editor with voice recorder to record your own words and sentences, provisions for alternate spellings, an interactive chatty owl, a Hangman game, and lots of options for multiple-users and networks for installation at schools.
Enhancements:
- Fixed encoding fixes for pupil file names and username
- Fixed spelling of snail which previously wanted it spelled shell.

The Text-collection consists of 10 completey new plugins made to create perfect credit-rolls, sub-titles and all other titeling jobs with Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Express.
The Text-collection contains the following plugins:
- Letter Emitter: A real particle emitter that uses letters and characters
- Bezier Text Pro: Let a text line run along a Bezier spline
- Highlight Text Pro: The Highlighting text plugin.
- Scaling Text Pro: Scale and animate a text line on a bezier spline
- Spiral Text Pro: A plugin that creates spirals with text running along
- Lissajous Text Pro: The first ever plugin for creating Lissajous figures with titles
- Text Pro: Create perfect and beautiful looking titles
- Typewriter Text Pro0: The first ever Typewriter effect tool on a Bezier spline
- Credits: Generate the best Credit-rolls ever!
- Sub-Title: Create perfect rolling Sub-Titles