The Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader application will read your documents out loud in one of its many voices. This can be a tool for proofreading, because hearing your text out loud helps you spot all the mistakes. This program can also be used for reading e-books. Why strain your eyes trying to read a book from your monitor when your computer can simply read it out loud for you? This program will also read all standard Windows dialog box messages out loud to you. This can be an aid for the visually impaired or for anyone who just wants messages to be read out loud. The Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader is also able to read the clipboard contents. With this function you can easily have it read your e-mail and Web sites that you visit. This program is also able to speak incoming instant messages out loud. Now when you chat with your buddies online you will hear what they say instead of just reading it. The Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech reader is compatible with the AOL, AIM, ICQ, and MSN Messenger clients. In addition to speaking text out loud, this program is able to write audio data directly to Windows WAV files. You can convert all your documents and e-books into WAV files and then burn them to audio CDs or convert them into MP3 files. This program gives you control over voice speed, pitch, and volume.