Text to speech has long been a popular thing among Windows users, albeit with the advent of artificial intelligence and tools such as Cortana, Google Now and Alexa, many text to speech have been relegated to the background. In fact, we do not think that they will ever regain their popularity.
However, for Windows 10 users who care a lot about their privacy and do not want to use the mentioned alternatives, JAVT – (Just Another Voice Transformer) is not a bad bet at all. We like this program because it can also recognize speech from videos. If you want to turn audio into text from a certain section of a video, but you're too lazy to type it, this software is a great way to get the job done.
JAVT (Just Another Voice Transformer) is a free speech recognition and speech synthesis software for Windows 10. In addition, users can convert video to audio using FFmpeg. After that, people can transcribe the converted audio to text using Microsoft's SAPI or CMU Sphinx. In addition, the user can open a text file and allow JAVT to read it aloud in real time. Traditional speech in text is also supported here. Turn on your microphone and, from there, talk as long as you want.
JAVT Speech Recognition Tool
Speech recognition is important in the world today, but privacy is also important. This tool is perfect for your needs, without a doubt.
1) user interface
After the launch of the application, users will find a bland user interface. It's as simple as that, and it's not a problem on our side. There are four usable tabs at the top, one of which relates to batch file renaming.
The default tab is voice recognition. Start with this one before diving into others.
2) voice recognition
From this tab, users will have the opportunity to use the tool to recognize the sound and convert that speech. Now, keep in mind that it must be in the WAV file format, otherwise the conversion will not work. In addition, select Microsoft SAPI as the conversion engine because the alternative option is a slow process.
Once everything is in place, click the button that says convert, then click the Save button to keep the finished product.
3) speech synthesizer
That's where we convert the text into speech, and yes, it works pretty well. Simply copy a body of text, then paste it directly into the box and click on the Talk button. Before going to the end, you can choose to change the voice that speaks of the default option woman, man or neutral.
Instead of copying and pasting a body of text in space, why not add a text document? The software will automatically copy and paste the words from the text document into the box. Keep in mind that it does not support other document formats outside of .txt yet.
4) Media Conversion
The conversion of video and audio is quite simple and straightforward with this tool. By clicking on the Media Conversion tab, the user can convert video to audio, video to video, and audio to audio. The supported outputs are WAV and MP4, so keep that in mind.
It is also possible to change the bit rate, but make sure you know what you are doing because the editing is manual. There are no predefined rates. Therefore, if you do not have the required knowledge, just leave it on the default setting.
5) Rename batch file
It is quite possible to rename files in batches, but do not expect functionality comparable to standalone tools.
To add the files you want to rename, we recommend that you click the button with the three dots and then select the files you want to rename. In the section titled Rename Settings, this is where you make any necessary changes that will affect the files in the box.
Once you've made the changes, the last step is to click Rename Up and wait for the program to complete the task.
Download JAVT from the official SourceForge page.