I admit the geek in me enjoys the Stephen Hawkings voice style that comes with the free version, but they do have a purchase version with a better voice for those who are interested.
This program is listed as very popular at Tu-Cows, and I understand why. I've already caught a couple of areas to fix on one short story I'm revising.
I figured I would share this with you all, and see if anyone had any feedback or opinions.
Posted by JmariC (Member # 2698) on :
Also: The program allows you to read a highlighted section at a time, edit the work and save the changes to the original file.
If only you could see the Happy Dance I am doing right now.
Posted by Beth (Member # 2192) on :
sounds good!
Posted by JmariC (Member # 2698) on :
I'm not doing the Happy Dance as much now. Not due to any problem with the software, but because of the now ear-numbing errors I've found in some of my older work.
Because I can sit back and listen I've already gotten quite a bit of extra edit progress in today, which is good. The stuff I'm digging up now to run thru is painful in some parts.
One such thing I've found is a POV error and Tense error in the same story. Eegh. Another has a two paragraph long POV change in the middle of the scene as an info dump. That was was from before I had read any books on how to write. Thank goodness for books.
Edited to add: It's not all bad, a couple of stories have come out sounding better than I originally thought they were. Sometimes I impress myself, both in good and bad.
[This message has been edited by JmariC (edited October 29, 2005).]
Posted by keldon02 (Member # 2398) on :
This is really great! Thanks!
Posted by Kickle (Member # 1934) on :
Thanks for the link. This is one of my biggest problems. I tape myself reading and play it back, but I still have difficulty because I catch myself saying what I have in my mind instead of what is on the paper.
Posted by rcorporon (Member # 2879) on :
I can never get past that Hawking voice... I remember when I got my first computer (an old 286, about 15 years ago) and my brother and I had fun making our computer chant the seven words that Carling tells us can't be used on TV.
So, now, I just start laughing when I hear that voice.