($14.95) (0.72MB)

New in version 2.01?

• Support for voices using Microsoft SAPI 5.1
• Compact SAPI 5.1 installers for Windows XP and 2000/NT/Me/9x
• Redesigned the user interface
• Highlight text while speak to make reading easier
• Speech can be paused, continued or restarted
• Faster conversion of text-to-speech using SAPI 5.1
• Compatible with over 150 TTS voices/17 languages using Microsoft SAPI 4.0a runtime
• Includes a special version of Text-to-WAVE to display Unicode characters. It requires the Microsoft Forms 2.0 Object Library

New in version 1.3?

• Includes LAME 3.93.1.
• Updated voices.txt with the new Infovox Destkop voices.
• Fixed the voice pitch.
• Added support for Unicode text.

New in version 1.2ex?

• Drag & drop a file and read the file instantly in preview mode (Text-WAV2.exe).
• Added support for read URL using https:// and ftp:// protocols
• Added workaround for L&H TruVoice engine, that does not close the WAVe file when finish.

New in version 1.2?

• New read text buttons (Play/Stop) play files, web sites and entered text.
• Support for Lucent TTS voices: (English US, Spanish, French, German)
• Small fixes and better integration with Agent Reader.

New in version 1.1?

• Now can convert to WAV/MP3 any text entered directly, in addition to conversion of local and Internet files.
• Click on Input/Output file label to open the file.
• Use wildcards to process all files in a directory.
• Updated voice file with support for 5 new languages (through Infovox TTS): Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic

Features?

• Convert local text, html, Word documents and download directly web pages from the Internet.
• Command line parameters for conversion from a batch file.
• Convert text files to WAVE or MP3.
• Support for more than 150 voice types in 17 different languages: English (US and British), Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Koran, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Czech
• Use ignore files and pronunciation lists from Agent Reader.

($29.95)(3.94MB)

Fast Editing
NGWave uses a revolutionary internal storage format that makes most edits lightening fast. While other editors often take massive amounts of time to do something as simple as deleting a bit of silence, NGWave doesn't break a sweat.

Basic Editing Functions
Of course NGWave supports your standard editing functions. You can select any portion of audio, and Copy, Cut, Paste Insert, Paste Replace, Paste Mix and Delete.
Adding to this, however, most features give you the option to Fade Edges. This means that when you, for example, Mute a selected portion of audio, the edges will fade out and back in. Likewise, if you equalize a selection, it will cross-fade between non-edited and edited audio at the selection boundaries. This helps to avoid pops and clicks at the boundaries of an edit. The fade time is selectable.

Realtime Preview
Unlike a lot of editors, you can preview most edits in realtime. For example, when you click the Reverb button, you can click on Preview to start playing back your selection. You can then change your parameters, and hear the results in realtime -- without having to stop playback!
NGWave also features a Bypass button, allowing you to easily A/B the processing for quick comparison.

32-Bit Internal Format
For a quality that is unmatched, NGWave utilizes a 32-Bit unbounded floating-point data format. This allows hundreds of decibels of headroom, so you will never have to worry about clipping. If an edit caused your audio to go above 0db, simply reduce the volume. NGWave does not actually clip your data until you choose to save the file -- and you can optionally have NGWave warn you if saving the file will result in clipping.
This also helps make many of NGWave's processing functions very fast. Many editing functions require floating-point numbers internally, and with NGWave there's no need to constantly convert back and forth.

File Formats Support
NGWave supports most WAV file formats. You can open, save, and create 8-, 16-, or 32-Bit integer files, as well as 32- and 64-Bit IEEE floating point formats. One or Two channels are supported (Mono or Stereo).
NGWave also supports MP3 files, supporting virtually all bitrates.

Processing Functions
Below is a list of the processing functions available in NGWave. All of these are accessed by choosing the Process menu item, and each has a toolbar button:

• Mute
• Change Volume
• Maximize Volume
• 10 Band Graphic Equalizer
• FFT Hi-Pass/Lo-Pass/Bandpass/Bandstop Filtering (screenshot)
• Simple Echo
• Full Echo Processor (screenshot)
• Reverb Processor (screenshot)
• Dynamic Compressor/Limiter (screenshot)
• Distortion Processor
• Noise Reduction

Of course the following basic editing functions are available through the Edit menu:

• Cut
• Copy
• Paste Insert, Replace, Mix, and To New File
• Delete
• Crop to Selection
• Trim Silence
• Generate Silence
• Generate Tones
• Correct DC Offset
• Convert to Stereo or Mono
• Convert Sample Rate (resample)

NGWave also supports unlimited Undo and Redo functions, as well as an Undo History window to quickly pinpoint the state you are looking for.

Recording
NGWave of course supports Recording if your sound card supports this. The recording dialog lets you choose among your installed sound cards, and optionally displays a Recording Control Mixer for the selected card.

Waveform Display
One of NGWave's strongest points is its Waveform Display. Unmatched anywhere, you can zoom to any arbitrary integral zoom ratio, and playback scrolling is smooth as silk on any modern video card. The colors are completely customizable (screenshot) -- choose from several predefined themes, or create your own!

New: Crash Recovery
If NGWave exits prematurely for any reason -- Windows problems, power loss, or NGWave itself crashes -- NGWave will prompt to recover your session next time it starts up. See this page for more details on this feature.

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