Talk It!, also called TalkAny, was a popular text-to-speech

Speech synthesis

Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer, and can be implemented in software or hardware...

 (TTS) software by SoftVoice, Inc. and was originally included in the Windows 95

Windows 95

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 version of Microsoft Plus!

Microsoft Plus!

Microsoft Plus! was a commercial operating system enhancement product by Microsoft. The last edition is the Plus! SuperPack, which includes an assortment of screensavers, themes, and games, as well as multimedia applications...

under the name of "Microsoft Plus! for Kids". It was used to teach children pronunciation of words and for simple text-to-speech uses, including narration and accessibility.

Multilingual languages

Talk It! came in two languages, Spanish and English. It was one of the first programs to properly pronounce two different languages.

External links

• SoftVoice, Inc.
• Talk It! or Talk Any software download
• MediaFire's Talk! It Mirror