GhostReader is a multilingual speech solution for Mac OS X that allows you to listen to your documents with naturally sounding voices in a language of choice. Or use it to create your own personal podcasts or your own audio books by exporting to iPod ready iTunes tracks. Or just use it to speak selected text in a handy reader window with play, fast forward and rewind functionality. It even allows you to listen to text by just pointing your cursor at the text as you sit back and relax while GhostReader reads the text under the cursor.
Uses
Save Time
- Convert documents to audiobooks to listen to on an iPod or iPhone
- Convert text from news sites and emails to audiobooks to listen to on an iPod or iPhone
Overcome Reading Difficulties
- Listen to selected text in any application with word or sentence highlighting
- Point the cursor at text in Safari to hear the paragraph below the cursor
Proofread
- Listen to your own text to proof spelling and composition
Improve Pronunciation of Foreign Languages
- Listen to text on foreign web sites in an interactive reader window
- Type foreign text in a new reader window to hear the pronunciation
Create Podcasts
- Create personal podcasts by converting your text to audio files or iTunes tracks
Features
Voices
- Includes high quality voices in one language of choice. Voices work only with GhostReader!
- Available languages include: American English, British English, Spanish, American Spanish, French, Canadian French, Czech, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Norwegian, Turkish and Swedish.
Interactive Document and Selection Reader
- Open Text, Word, HTML, PDF and RTF files in an interactive reader window
- Interactive reader with play, stop, forward, rewind, sentence start, and skip sentence functionality
- Speak selected text in any application using a tool palette or keyboard shortcut
Audio Conversion
- Export to iTunes to create bookmarkable audiobooks, mp3 or wav files
- Convert text to audio files (AIFF)
Other
- Listen to the text below the cursor in Safari
- Universal Binary, requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later (including Leopard)
- Localized in English, French and German
Order GhostReader
GhostReader can be purchased with Infovox iVox so the high-quality voices can be used with other Mac speech-based applications, including applications such as TextEdit, Preview, Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Word (using its Speech toolbar), AppleScript, Proloquo, KeyStrokes, SwitchXS, VisioVoice and AppleWorks, as well as many educational titles such TextHelp's Read and Write Gold for Mac (version 2.1.0 and higher) and Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh (Versions 3.0.4 and 4.0 and higher).
Order GhostReader and American English Infovox iVox Bundle
Order GhostReader and Infovox iVox for Other Languages
Educational Licenses: 
Educational licenses are available for GhostReader for internal educational use only. A school-based license permits use by all students and teachers in a single school with installation on up to 150 computers. A classroom-based license permits use in one specific classroom or computer lab with installation on up to 50 computers. In the case of colleges or universities, a single department, chair or building is considered equivalent to a school.
Educational licenses do not grant permission or allow publication of audio files outside of the classroom or school, including online courses and/or publication over the web.
GhostReader educational licenses are available for a single language, bilingual and trilingual.
Order GhostReader Classroom - Single Language (up to 50 computers)
Order GhostReader Classroom - 2 Languages (up to 50 computers)
Order GhostReader Classroom - 3 Languages (up to 50 computers)
Order GhostReader School License - Single Language - (up to 150 computers)
Order GhostReader School License - 2 Languages (up to 150 computers)
Order GhostReader School License - 3 Languages (up to 150 computers)
Downloads:
A time constrained
(15 non-consecutive days) full version of GhostReader is available for evaluation from
our demonstration page. Try it out today!
System Requirements:
- Universal Binary, requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later (including Leopard)
