Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, OGG or WMA file. The program can read the clipboard content, view the text from CHM, DjVu, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, ODT, PDF and RTF files, customize font and background colour, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys.

Balabolka uses various versions of Microsoft Speech API (SAPI); it allows to alter a voice?s parameters, including rate and pitch. The user can apply a special substitution list to improve the quality of the voice?s articulation. This feature is useful when you want to change the spelling of words. The rules for the pronunciation correction use the syntax of VBScript.

Balabolka can save the synchronized text in external LRC files or in MP3 tags inside the audio files. When an audio file is played with players on a computer or on modern digital audio players, the text are displayed synchronously (at the same way, as lyrics for songs).

The program is also able to:
* Read aloud the contents of the clipboard;
* Display text in the CHM, DjVu (DjVu OCR), DOC, DOCX, EPUB, FB2, HTML, ODT, PDF and RTF files;
* Modify the font settings and colors;
* Manage the process of reading from the system tray ( notification area) or using global keyboard shortcuts;
* Pronounce the text typed on the keyboard;
* Spell check;
* Split text file into several smaller files;
* Compare pairs of files.

Multilingual user interface: English, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian

NOTE:
Now you can listen to texts in Russian, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish languages. B the program are integrated the Russian vocal unit - Katerina, the English vocal unit - Emily, the German vocal unit - Steffi, the French vocal unit - Virginie, the Italian vocal unit - Silvia, the Spanish vocal unit - Isabel.