TextAloud MP3 converts text into spoken words that it stores as MP3 files. It resides in your Windows tray, always ready to read text aloud from your e-mail, Web pages, and documents. You can listen immediately, or save it as a WAV or MP3 file that you can listen to at your convenience. Listen to e-mail, online news, or important documents while you exercise, work, or commute. TextAloud supports additional speech engines for other languages. It includes support for TXT files of unlimited size, so you can bring large e-books in as one article. It allows you to create 10 minutes of spoken audio in as little as 12 seconds.

The download program file initially comes with one voice, Mary, a female in American English. Several additional English voices and other languages are available for free download. TextAloud MP3 now supports a total of 27 voices and 7 languages.