IVONA Reader 1.0.6

IVONA Reader 1.0.6 is a simple to use and professional text reader which is able to convert any written text on your PC into spoken words or texts into mp3 files, copy them onto your portable mp3 player and listen to them, anywhere at any time.

IVONA Reader is compatible with all IVONA voices and other SAPI 5 standard voices installed on your computer.

Major Features:

1. Webpages aloud
   • Listen to the Internet
   • With IVONA Reader you can listen to the content on any webpage. So while you're listening to the news, a blog or forum entries, you can surf other sites or just relax. IVONA Reader integrates seamlessly with the most popular browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox) adding three more buttons to them.
   • Talking mail box
   • • Check your mail and listen to it out loud Thanks to the integration of IVONA Reader with mail programs, arduously wading through incoming mail can be a thing of the past. IVONA Reader can easily read through emails or save them as mp3 files.
   • Reading RSS feeds
   • • Collect your news feed subscriptions on the goDo you subscribe to RSS feeds? Staying up to speed takes a lot of time. With IVONA Reader you can copy your daily portion of news onto a portable device and listen to it on your way to work or while exercising.
   • More Internet integration?
   • • Try out the other Internet application plug-insIVONA Reader also integrates with other applications, such as Skype or iTunes. It just takes a couple of moments to get your Skype to talk. Integration is really simple. On starting up IVONA Reader and Skype, the communicator detects the text reader seeking access to it. Accepting the link initiates the integration. 
2. Create audiobooks
   • Close your eyes and listen
   • . IVONA Reader is able to read texts in all the most popular formats - starting with pdf (Acrobat Reader), including doc (Word, Office), rtf (WordPad), sxw and odt (Open Office), html (Internet sites), eml (emails), and ending with the simplest text document.
   • Books on an mp3 player
   • Books on an mp3 playerYour audiobooks are always with you
   • Would you like to use your mp3 player for more than just listening to music?
   • Want to alleviate boredom during a long train or car journey?
   • IVONA Reader lets you listen to books even on a portable mp3 player. All you have to do is save the text as an audio file. The range of formats available means that audiobooks created using IVONA Reader can be played back on every available mp3 player on the market (including the iPod).
   • Easy division of long texts
   • IVONA Reader lets you save recordings divided into smaller fragments. When generating an audiobook, you can decide whether the text is saved in a single file or split, say, into paragraphs or slightly longer fragments
   • Virtual Library
   • No problem. Bundled with IVONA Reader you will also receive a free collection of e-books
3. Use IVONA Reader with your favorite programs
   • Skype
   • On starting up IVONA Reader and Skype, the communicator detects text reader seeking access to it. Accepting the link initiates the integration. Now you can get up from the computer
   • iTunes
   • Thanks to the integration of IVONA Reader with iTunes, it's child’s play transferring audiobooks onto your iPod. If iTunes is installed on your computer, all you have to do is make sure the "Add created files to iTunes" option is ticked in the "Reading to file" window
   • Microsoft Word
   • • A talking text editorAnother program which IVONA Reader smoothly integrates with is the popular text editor Microsoft Word 2007. Now you can start listening to texts without reading them through IVONA Reader, using the convenient buttons located on the Word toolbar. Text reading directly from Word is excellent for proofreading texts.
   • Other things
   • • What else is there to read? The integration of IVONA Reader with the above-mentioned applications isn't all. Thanks to the "IVONA MiniReader", a handy text reader in a mini version, IVONA Reader can read any text - from the simplest text editor, to Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox) and email client programs (Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007) to spreadsheets
4. Employ your personal assistant
   • Proofreading
   • You'll be all ears as IVONA Reader reads your document for you! Thanks to IVONA Reader you'll be able to put yourself in the place of the audience and experience your own presentation
   • Instant notification of events - RSS reader
   • Use RSS reader of IVONA Reader. RSS is an alternative way of presenting Internet websites rather than through a window and a webpage. It relies on the exporting, from among all the service content, of the most important elements - e.g. only the titles and headlines of the most important information
   • An Organizer and Reminder
   • Use the Organizer-Reminder plug-in built into IVONA Reader. What makes the Organizer-Reminder different from competitors' alternatives is the combination of ease of use with a great number of functions. The notification text isn't only displayed in a pop-up window but its content is read loud. 
5. Learn faster and more effectively
   • Memory training
   • Use IVONA Reader and engage the listening process in your learning. This will be of interest to those who need to quickly absorb a lot of information, especially: students preparing for an exam or pupils memorizing vocabulary or learning a poem by heart. Prepare the text that you want to (or have to) learn in your favorite text editor. 
   • Learning foreign languages
   • Thanks to IVONA Reader, you can listen to practically any content in its original language, improving your listening comprehension. And when you're uncertain how to pronounce a word, just listen to it using IVONA Reader.
   • Teaching children to read and write
   • IVONA Reader is an excellent substitute for a private tutor for your little ones. The program reads every letter or sign aloud as it's written. Thanks to the whole word reading function, your child will know at once if he or she has spelled a word correctly. 
   • Dictation for your little ones
   • IVONA Reader makes it possible to do dictation exercises, thanks to which your children can rapidly and easily improve their writing abilities.
6. IVONA Reader more possibilities
   • Read texts in all the most popular formats - starting with pdf, doc, rtf, sxw, odt, html, eml, and ending with the simplest text document.
   • Read texts from virtually any source - from the simplest text editor, to Internet browsers and email client programs or spreadsheets. IVONA Reader integrates seamlessly with: iTunes, Skype, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007, and Microsoft Word.
   • IVONA Reader supports the SAPI 5 interface, which enables its cooperation with all SAPI 5 voices.
   • It allows you to record text, e-books and documents to mp3 files.

Requirements: 

• PC, Intel Pentium 1 GHz processor, Windows XP/Vista/7, sound card. 
• Disk space IVONA Reader 40 MB, IVONA Voices may require 70-900 MB of free space