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DSpeech v1.63.6 Updated
billon on 21 Aug 2017 Change history
- 3MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 21 Aug 2017
- Suggested by AlephX
DSpeech is a text-to-speech program with the option of saving the output to a variety of formats, great for creating audio books from text sources. It also supports dynamically changing the features of the voices e.g. insert pauses, emphasize specific words, spell them out etc. using tags.
The program works out-of-the-box on WinXP and above, using the included Microsoft speech engine SAPI5. For WinNT/2K, you will need to install the speech engine separately. You will find links to plugins, speech engines and voice sets on the program website.
The program can import text from TXT, DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTML, XML and PDF and output to MP3, OGG, AAC, WMA, OPUS and AMR.
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| System Requirements: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | Microsoft speech engine SAPI5 |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DSpeech.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | Balabolka |
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smaragdus
on 2015-04-01 21:46
I tried to test DSpeech but it failed to run on my system (Windows 8.1)- what are its requirements?
Happy.Camper2
on 2017-06-10 17:28
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DSpeech is now version 1.63.3 Released 2017 Mar 27 at Authors site. |
OnlyStopWatch v4.01 Updated
billon on 21 Aug 2017 Change history
- 52KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 21 Aug 2017
- Suggested by guinness
OnlyStopWatch is a simple time monitor that includes a stop-watch and countdown timer. The program can display the hour and milliseconds and several background options are available.
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| System Requirements: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch OnlyStopWatch.exe (Win 98-NT), OnlyStopWatch_uc.exe or OnlyStopWatch_x64.exe (64-bit). |
| Similar/alternative apps: | Timer, Ten Timer |
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__philippe
on 2013-08-03 11:25
Alternative: Rob Keir's minuscule Timer.exe (8k), including a more subdued display.
__philippe
on 2013-08-04 16:15
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Please see also Timer related forum post: |
BulkFileChanger v1.50 Updated
billon on 21 Aug 2017 Change history
- 110KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 21 Aug 2017
- Suggested by guinness
BulkFileChanger allows you to gather a list of files via drag-and-drop, explorer, or wild card searches. Users can then execute a command, change properties (time/date/hidden/read-only etc.), export file list, or copy/move files to another location.
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| System Requirements: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch BulkFileChanger.exe. |
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Fredrik Lonn
on 2010-10-18 20:54
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Good simple program that can bulk shift time + or - for video files for example that has been taken in a different timezone without changing the camera time before the shots. |
WinContig v2.2.0.0 Updated
billon on 20 Aug 2017 Change history
- 4MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 20 Aug 2017
- Suggested by MarcoNovaro
WinContig is an easy-to-use file defragmentation program that allows defrag of parts of the drive. This is useful for squeezing extra performance out of important or frequently used files or programs without wasting time and energy cleaning up the rest of the drive.
Note that this is recommended only on magnetic disks. Flash-based drives (SSDs and thumb drives) don't benefit from defragmentation and such maintenance tools can reduce the life of the drive.
The program engine is based on the standard Microsoft defragmentation API and allows you to group files into profiles, accepting a number of available command-line switches for additional control.
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| System Requirements: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WinContig.exe or WinContig64.exe (for 64-bit OS). Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | UltraDefrag |
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portafreeuser
on 2011-11-06 22:13
The recent and current version (v1) have been very good on my Windows XP SP3 system. I went back to WinContig because for some reason the recent version of Defraggler is really slower than before on my computer. I like Defraggler too, but this newer version of WinContig is extremely fast and I like the built in system check and deleting of temporary files. I like defraggler's interface better, but they are both excellent programs. The wonderful thing about freeware is we can use both! Thanks to the WinContig creator(s) for making another excellent fuss-free program. The exclusion list is also really handy.
portafreeuser
on 2011-11-06 22:57
aw, i just ran v1 and it crashed on my XP SP3 system. So I guess they don't have all the bugs worked out yet. To bad.
portafreeuser
on 2012-02-09 05:28
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OK, I ran a newer version on my XP SP3 system and it worked just fine. Thanks for a nice easy defrag program with some nice display information and command line features. I actually like how the pre-version 1 versions looked better (less cluttered), but at least this works and doesn't crash and is portable and simple. |
Advanced Renamer v3.78 Updated
billon on 20 Aug 2017 Change history
- 25MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 20 Aug 2017
- Suggested by fenixproductions
Advanced Renamer can rename multiple files or folders using several different methods for calculating the new name, including metadata tools for sound and picture files (e.g. GPS data or ID3 tags) or other sources. Supports unicode, regular expressions, custom javascript and more.
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| System Requirements: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Free for personal use |
| How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ARen.exe. Optionally, disable automatic updates in settings. |
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MIKLO
on 2017-03-02 17:59
@ joby_toss thanks for a great link that makes clear many useful things about portable installs :) Advanced Renamer is still my fav app for name changing one or many files,so user friendly.
Guido76
on 2017-08-21 09:32
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What is unfortunate is that the new version includes a license proposal. Nothing is mandatory "a priori", but to see appearing in the interface the mention "Not registered" is unpleasant. Especially because the proposal of donation is not free, but fixed at 10 euros minimum. |
