NEWS! Lextutor TTS will soon be back! Click here to see promising example of URL-driven TTS But unfortunately only really works in IE... Several of Lextutor's learning tools have TTS (Text-To-Speech) capacity as an extra (Hypertext, List_Learn, Group_Lex, and others require it for their main functionality (e.g., Dictator). With TTS, a learner has the option of clicking on a word or sometimes a phrase and hearing it pronounced. TTS is available on Lextutor in English, French, and Spanish. If a routine is TTS-enabled, it bears the Speaks-For-Itself icon. TTS requires the (free) download of a speech plug-in from DirectExtras Inc. onto every computer that will use it, and in addition the download of a voice or set of voices. In the case of English, one download site provides both speech plug-in + voices, but you have to launch the process a second time to get the voices. For French and Spanish, following the download of the plug-in and English voices an additional French or Spanish voice download is also required. >>> Download Security issues? Here's what Microsoft says - or get IT help.

Your current voices	1. Download plug-in 2. Repeat to get English voice	3. Get French or Spanish voice	4. Test it DEMOS
	1. Click icon or link to get free Speech Plug-In from www.speaksforitself.com 2. Choose Mary when offered "additional voices." 3. Refresh screen (F5) when download is complete to verify installed voices.   ←	Download free ActiveX French or Spanish L+H voices from Microsoft: NOTE - Location moves around - this one good on 25 Oct 08 Microsoft Downloads Choose Fr or Sp on menu Then click 'Download Selected Engine' Microsoft voices will appear after restart of your computer	Test download success here   English   French   Spanish